Seven years ago today, a pediatric oncologist looked me in the eye and said to me, “I’m so sorry, its cancer.” Yeah, that pretty much sucked. I still remember every teeny tiny, minute, specific detail of that moment … the decor of the room, what color shirt the doctor had on, the nurse standing behind me [...]
Our elementary school kicked off their “Pennies for Patients” campaign for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Friday. During morning assembly, they had a little skit about cancer, and let Kendrie play the part of Captain Chemo. This is what she told me about it after school: Kendrie: “I got to play Captain Chemo and [...]
Conversation in the car yesterday: Mom: See, they moved the clinic into a new building since we were here last year, so I’m not really sure where I’m going …. oh, look. There’s the sign for parking: OU Children’s Physicians Building. This is where we go. Kendrie: Do you think the person who built the [...]
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away …. (well, ok, central Georgia) there lived a fair princess with her family. She was pretty stinking cute. A few weeks after this photo was taken, the princess woke up one morning, and she had cancer. That pretty much sucked. What followed for this young [...]
In the past six days, the following events have occurred: *I locked myself out of my house. *The power went out in our rent house and despite the fact it is the ONLY house on the block with no power, and I have tons of painting to do, and have made numerous calls to the [...]
The purpose of Tuesday’s visit to the AFLAC Cancer Survivor Clinic Workshop, besides giving us an excuse to do a happy dance, because woo-hoo, SURVIVOR CLINIC, BABY! was to get a baseline check of Kendrie and her medical/social/emotional/neuro-psych needs now that she is {almost} two years off treatment. Also, to educate and enlighten us as [...]
I am always so happy when I see a comment from someone on this site, or on Kendrie’s Caringbridge site, about how the stories and photos of her, a pediatric cancer survivor; growing, thriving, blooming, and about how she is inspiring to others. I am more than happy and proud to hold her up as [...]
I’ve mentioned our geriatric dog Lager to all of you. He’s a very sweet, very gentle, very grumpy old dog. Actually, he’s not grumpy as much as he is spoiled. He wants to be inside the house at all times, whether we are home or not. If we’re going to be gone all day, and [...]
(Anonymous — The song is by a group called the F 50’s. If you browse iTunes, you’ll find some oldies that they’ve remixed into dance/exercise tunes, including a really fun version of Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini that I just love. The rest of you Anonymous {Anonymi??} – thanks for putting your [...]
Fall has always been my favorite time of year. Football, leaves changing colors, cool, crisp air, jeans and sweatshirts, pumpkin patches, the whole she-bang. My very most favorite time. I pink puffy heart fall. If I could find a place to live that was fall year-round, I would move there in a nano-second. Since 2003, [...]