Day 3 of Consolidation. Benjamin woke up and immediately said he felt like he had to throw up. I knew to expect this, and thought it was the Cytarabine catching… Continue Reading Day 41
Author: Laura Gilkey
Day 40
Day 40 of treatment, Day 2 of Consolidation. Another trip over the bridge, another new medicine. One day closer. Benjamin’s chemotherapy cocktail today consisted of a second day of intravenous… Continue Reading Day 40
Day 39
Day 1 of Consolidation. We were at All Children’s much longer than we expected, but Benjamin’s first day in this new strengthening phase went extremely well. The effects of the… Continue Reading Day 39
Day 38
Another gorgeous day to end this almost perfect weekend. I woke up this morning and made a nice big Sunday breakfast, then sat down to two hours of research while Michael kept… Continue Reading Day 38
Day 37
Today was almost perfect. Today, aside from morning and evening antibiotics and a few minor mood swings, there was no mention of leukemia. Leukemia took a silent backseat to much… Continue Reading Day 37
Day 36
I woke up this morning at 5:29am, one minute before my alarm went off. I had an important date with one bridge before heading over another. When I got back into… Continue Reading Day 36