Living with Leukemia: Going bald at Age 2

This is day 38 of my baby, Serenity being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia.  Day 36 is here. 
Yesterday we had another clinic visit, Serenity got 3 Chemo treatments; an IV one, an intrathecal one (in her spine) and an oral one. 

Some things to note in that picture: She’s wearing her new medic alert bracelet […]

Living with Leukemia: Cabin Fever strikes

This is day 23 of my baby, Serenity being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia.  Day 19 is here.
A lot of the time, Serenity looks like this:

A lot of the time, she also looks like this, often just seconds after looking the way she did above:

I’m not sure what set her off in this case, […]

Cancer conversations, Gratitude and being a Cancer Family

 This is Day 19 of my baby, Serenity, being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia.  Day 17 is here.
 My last post came from the depths of the bottom of the emotional well.  I had landed there with a huge thud and was experiencing emotional pain that was entirely new for me.  The responses to that […]

I think I’m in that Anger stage

This is Day 17 of my baby, Serenity, being diagnosed with and treated for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia.  Day 16 is here.
I’ve been up a lot of the night with Serenity, she’s just not feeling very good.  I’m realizing that two and a half years is a really long time to keep this up.  I’m angry at […]

This might be the longest, roughest weekend ever!

This is day 16 of my baby, Serenity, being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia.  Day 13 is here. 
This weekend has totally and completely sucked.  I’m sure a big part of it is the compounding effects of the events of the last two weeks, never being able to catch up on sleep, bumpy stuff with […]

Leukemia management is becoming routine

 This is day 13 of my baby, Serenity, being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia.  Day 11 is here.
First, thanks to everyone who continues to comment and especially those that are still blogging about Serenity.  We really appreciate the emotional, financial and spiritual support that continues to roll in.  I’m preparing some stats on the […]

Living with Leukemia: Serenity’s first Oncology Clinic visit

This is Day 11 of my baby, Serenity, being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia.  Day 9 is here. 
I HATE Cancer.  I cannot stand what it’s doing to my baby, it rips me up inside every time she is affected by it.  Today was one of the worst, second only to dropping her off for surgery […]

Serenity is home, now we learn to live with Leukemia

 This is Day 9 of my baby, Serenity, being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia.  Day 7 is here.
It has been a whirlwind week.  While it was only seven days it feels like we were there for months - a lifetime even.  In some ways it’s good we spent a full week at the hospital, […]

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