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Day 132

Laura Gilkey on May 13, 2015

Aside from his nightly oral chemotherapy, Benjamin did not need any medicines today. No Kytril, no Marinol, and we took the Scopolomine patch off of his neck before lunch. He… Continue Reading Day 132

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, homeschool, hospital homebound, school, siblings3 Comments

Day 119

Laura Gilkey on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015

We are STILL waiting. I am thankful that we are all learning the lessons we need to learn along this journey. Apparently, the Universe feels the need to pound them… Continue Reading Day 119

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, bone marrow aspirate, consolidation, homeschool, minimal residual disease5 Comments

Day 112

Laura Gilkey on April 23, 2015

Benjamin is getting reading glasses, and he’s very excited about it. We went to the ophthalmologist right after dropping Banyan off at Southside. I brought antibacterial masks with me just… Continue Reading Day 112

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, homeschool, hospital homebound, hyperopia, school, vision4 Comments

Day 109

Laura Gilkey on April 20, 2015April 20, 2015

Benjamin’s back pain was gone this morning. I was very thankful, for obvious reasons, but also because I had hoped to carve out some time for our firstborn today. Banyan worked… Continue Reading Day 109

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, bone marrow aspirate, homeschool, siblings3 Comments

Day 98

Laura Gilkey on April 9, 2015

We stayed in Sarasota today. I sent more photographs of Benji’s dressing to Tracey in the Infusion Center, and spoke to one of our favorite clinic nurses as well. They… Continue Reading Day 98

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, blood, Erwinia, homeschool, hospital homebound, pilates, platelets, school1 Comment

Day 90

Laura Gilkey on April 1, 2015

On the way over the bridge this morning, Benji and I were racking our brains trying to come up with an April Fool’s prank to pull on the clinic nurses.… Continue Reading Day 90

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ara C, consolidation, cytarabine, Erwinia, homeschool, hospital homebound, school, vincristine8 Comments

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