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Day 378

Laura Gilkey on January 14, 2016January 16, 2016

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” These were the words on the marquee as I drove into Southside this morning to drop Benjamin off and… Continue Reading Day 378

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, hospital homebound, school, siblings1 Comment

Day 251

Laura Gilkey on September 9, 2015

Benji was up and dressed for school early this morning. He was in a good mood and ready to go. He made himself an omelette, and then his tummy hurt–which… Continue Reading Day 251

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Erwinia, frontline, hospital homebound, kytril, nausea, school, scopolamineLeave a comment

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 116

Laura Gilkey on April 27, 2015April 27, 2015

Today held many blessings. In the morning, Benjamin did his schoolwork enthusiastically and without complaint. We are nearly caught up heading into tomorrow’s potentially long hospital day. Just before lunch… Continue Reading Day 116

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: absolute neutrophil count, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ANC, hospital homebound, school6 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 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

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