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Day 517

Laura Gilkey on June 1, 2016

Everyone was well enough for school today, which is always a blessing. After I picked the boys up this afternoon, we had a few minutes to kill before going to Benjamin’s end-of-season… Continue Reading Day 517

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: absolute neutrophil count, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, baseball, immune system, siblings1 Comment

Day 516

Laura Gilkey on May 31, 2016May 31, 2016

Banyan stayed home from school this morning. Both boys woke up tired; Benji said his legs hurt, but once he remembered it was Board Game Day, he perked right up.… Continue Reading Day 516

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, immune system, neutrophils, school, siblings, vaccinations, virus1 Comment

Day 432

Laura Gilkey on March 8, 2016

Benji felt just fine this morning. When I returned from a gorgeous bridge walk, both boys woke easily, got ready for school, grabbed their Evan Longoria batting gloves, and walked out… Continue Reading Day 432

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, detoxification, immune system, methotrexate2 Comments

Day 420

Laura Gilkey on February 25, 2016

Benjamin’s teacher pulled me into the classroom this morning to show me the watercolor self-portraits the class had done as part of an exercise on similes. When I saw Benjamin’s painting it… Continue Reading Day 420

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, bone pain, immune system, prednisone, school, siblings, steroids1 Comment

Day 396

Laura Gilkey on February 1, 2016

We were all up well before the sun this morning. Michael hosted an early breakfast meeting at work, and we both needed to be there, so we brought the boys… Continue Reading Day 396

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, immune system, PTSD, school, virus, work1 Comment

Day 385

Laura Gilkey on January 21, 2016

We are en route to chilly northern Alabama, and everyone is happy and relatively healthy. Benji and I took one more morning “off,” just to be sure; he still felt… Continue Reading Day 385

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, immune system, leucovorin2 Comments

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