Tomorrow, Benjamin begins Delayed Intensification. This is a critical phase. It is designed to deliver the final big blow to any leukemia cells lurking beyond the microscope. The phase will last… Continue Reading Day 185
Day 185
on Author: Laura Gilkey
on Day 184
on Benjamin woke up this morning and said, with urgency,”My body doesn’t feel well. It feels just like the hospital for no reason!” Rather than running for the Kytril, I ran… Continue Reading Day 184
Day 183
on Blessings continue to come in unexpected places. This morning, I got a hair cut, my first of the year. My sweet friend who owns the salon treated me to the… Continue Reading Day 183
Day 182
on It is amazing, the breadth and depth of emotions and experiences one day is capable of holding. I couldn’t sleep last night. After posting a perfectly sane and normal journal… Continue Reading Day 182
Day 181
on Six months of treatment in the books. Benjamin’s tummy hurt this morning, so I gave him Kytril. I second guessed myself all day. I realized he was sensitive to the… Continue Reading Day 181
Day 180
on Late last night, I read an article about Gia, a little girl from our community who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. She began her treatment at All Children’s as… Continue Reading Day 180