Turning it off
If you’re the parent of a healthy child, I completely understand being unable to process our story. Until exactly five days ago that was me too. It’s too hard to contemplate how quickly, without...
Tagged: Induction
The kids are amazing
It’s really remarkable and impossible to overstate just how strong and resilient the kids here are. Some of these kids have been undergoing treatment for years but they are still full of smiles and...
First chemo
Wes had his first proper round of chemo today – two drugs, delivered via the port in his chest – and he took it incredibly well. It was a good finish to a great...
Today was a good day
We had some more good news today. One of the big procedures yesterday was drawing spinal fluid to look for signs of leukemia in his nervous system, which would be a major complication. They...
Out like a light
Wes just had hopefully the last big procedures before we go home, which required he be put under. He was out for hours during which they took marrow and spinal fluid samples, gave him...
Zero to cancer
This week has been one of the hardest in my life, and in Stephanie’s and Wesley’s. There’s no way to sugarcoat it, so I’ll start with the facts: Wesley has childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia...