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Day 405

Laura Gilkey on February 10, 2016February 11, 2016

Benjamin didn’t feel well when he woke up this morning. He couldn’t describe to me why, exactly. He just didn’t feel well, and I could tell. He wasn’t exhibiting any… Continue Reading Day 405

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, methotrexate toxicity, rainbow stars, school, siblings, writing3 Comments

Day 404

Laura Gilkey on February 9, 2016February 10, 2016

Today was an oddly grounding day. I put my feet on the floor after turning off my alarm at 5:30am. I took a moment to get my bearings. I mentally… Continue Reading Day 404

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, cafe-au-lait spots, chemotherapy, methotrexate toxicity, school, siblingsLeave a comment

Day 400

Laura Gilkey on February 5, 2016

Day 400. True to form, I will report that in 400 days, Benjamin has had: • 1 surgery to place medi-port • 3 bone marrow aspirates • 16 lumbar punctures… Continue Reading Day 400

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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 393

Laura Gilkey on January 30, 2016January 30, 2016

As I was preparing for bed last night, I pulled up my email, and saw that Benjamin’s sweet teacher had given me a heads up about some impulsive behavior in… Continue Reading Day 393

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Day 390

Laura Gilkey on January 27, 2016January 27, 2016

Apparently the server that hosts this website is down right now, and I don’t know when this post will be published. But I’m writing it anyway. The panic that arose… Continue Reading Day 390

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, detoxification, methotrexate, school, siblings, steroids1 Comment

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