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Day 304

Laura Gilkey on November 1, 2015

Benjamin finished up his first steroid pulse of maintenance this morning. While the effects will last well into the week, I can say so far that Prednisone is much, much… Continue Reading Day 304

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

Day 301

Laura Gilkey on October 29, 2015

This gorgeous day was the first one that felt “normal” in quite a while. I began the day up on the Ringling Bridge with my sweet walking friend well before sunrise.… Continue Reading Day 301

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, school, siblings2 Comments

Day 300

Laura Gilkey on October 28, 2015

Benjamin wasn’t quite ready to return to school again this morning. Today, I think it was as much a case of nervousness as it was physical discomfort, though the amount of treatment he… Continue Reading Day 300

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: 6MP, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, hunger, prednisone, school, steroids5 Comments

Day 298

Laura Gilkey on October 26, 2015

I am being granted the opportunity to learn the same lessons over and over and over again. Like, two seemingly contradictory emotions (i.e. anger and gratitude) can and should be able to… Continue Reading Day 298

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: 6MP, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chemotherapy, intrathecal methotrexate, leucovorin, long term maintenance, lumbar puncture, methotrexate, prednisone, school, vincristine3 Comments

Day 297

Laura Gilkey on October 25, 2015

It was a month ago today that we went to the Emergency Room and Benji was later admitted to the hospital. It was a month ago that the endless rounds of testing… Continue Reading Day 297

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, anger, school3 Comments

Day 295

Laura Gilkey on October 23, 2015

Benji had a big, huge, whopping day today. He has improved immensely, to the point that I think he overdid it a little. He has melted into our bed. He… Continue Reading Day 295

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, school, siblings5 Comments

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