Category: Caelan’s Story: Pediatric NHL

My daughter’s journey through pediatric Anaplastic Large Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma from diagnosis to treatment, when she was 6 years old.

“I’ll Take, Something You Don’t Want to See Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree for $1,000, Alex.”

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"A type of medical imaging that uses radioactive tracers and can be used to detect and stage cancers." "What is a PET Scan?" "That is correct!" I'm not as fluent in writing Jeopardy! questions, especially in regards to medicine, but I took a swing anyway! These were the years I could only hope and wish … Continue reading “I’ll Take, Something You Don’t Want to See Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree for $1,000, Alex.”

A 6 Year Old Child, A Biopsy & the Trauma of Medical Tape…Yes, Tape

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Time, a feral beast. Sometimes it flies too fast and sometimes it moves undetected at a sluggishly, sloth like pace. Can’t have it both ways but there are times that I wish I could control it. Would that be curse? Perhaps. I'll never know the implications of taming one so wild. What I do know, … Continue reading A 6 Year Old Child, A Biopsy & the Trauma of Medical Tape…Yes, Tape

Our Days Leading Up to the Big ‘B’…Biopsy

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It's only one of my crusty old steak knives! I don't own a scalpel, so my apologies! Cute bear though, I think I'll call him Hack Job Harry with that outfit! I know, I know, not a favorite topic to read about, but this moment in time changed everything for me. I can only hope … Continue reading Our Days Leading Up to the Big ‘B’…Biopsy

I Never Thought I’d See the Day That My Daughter Would Become a Cancer Statistic

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I know that I’ve made promises to write about the different things that I’ve encountered and I haven’t gone back and done that...yet. Today, I'm going make good on my promises, and begin by going back. I'm going to start with my daughter Caelan, followed by my sister, Lea. I've been trying to mix things … Continue reading I Never Thought I’d See the Day That My Daughter Would Become a Cancer Statistic

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

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As Clem pointed out last night while we were on our walk, it's an anniversary of sorts for our little family today, and I’d nearly forgotten. After being holed up for so long, the flipping of our calendar has been sorely neglected…where has time gone? A few years ago, our brave, young, little girl named … Continue reading Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow