 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 …
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May 30
It looks like Serenity can go home tomorrow!
This is Day 7 of my baby, Serenity, being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia. Day 6 is here. Depending on how her bloodwork looks tomorrow, Serenity is doing well enough that her Oncologist is ready to discharge her! Her blood counts are way up – not anywhere near a typical healthy person – but up enough …
May 29
Serenity had a pretty good day today
This is Day 6 of my baby, Serenity, being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia. Day 5 is here. Goals for today were: – No puking… check – Take oral meds better….check – Eat some food….check Other than some cancer specific issues, there was a lot of happiness in our hospital room today. …
May 28
Serenity: Cancer Chic!
This is Day 5 of my baby, Serenity, being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia. Day 4 is here. Serenity had some happy moments today, but they were short-lived. (click the picture for a much larger version) Today was actually a pretty rough day for Serenity, it was a day filled with more drugs/meds than …
May 27
Family visits and new stuff from online friends!
This is Day 4 of Serenity, my baby, being diagnosed with and treated for Leukemia. Day 3 is here. Today started out peacefully, Serenity slept in pretty late – much needed sleep! Due to the incredible outpouring of generosity by friends and community online, the ChipIn widget earned over $1,000.00 in less than 24 hours! …
May 26
A way to help Serenity
A friend and old business partner, Jesse Stay, has put together a ChipIn Widget that will let those who have been asking how to donate money for Serenity do just that. He has all the details on his blog here. As I mentioned in my prevoius post, he and a few other people are also …
May 26
Serenity is now sporting a super cool Port Catheter!
This is Day 3 of my daughter, Serenity, being treated for Leukemia. Day 2 is here. Today has been a very long, very stressful and very upbeat day! The day started with surgery prep. Her platelletes were low again, too low to do surgery, so they gave her another bag. Then there were several drugs …
May 25
Tough night – Tougher Morning
A little bit of peace. After having a slight reaction to her last blood transfusion, they gave her some Benadryll and we were both able to get some good sleep. Surgery in about an hour. The story of Serenity’s battle with Leukemia begins here.
