August 2010
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Hooray for going home tomorrow! Fingers crossed!
Today was a hard day. But I’m sure I’ll have harder. Ronan was in a funk. He fought with me the whole day and kept telling me I was mean for not letting him eat or drink. I was pretty emotional and seemed to cry at the drop of a hat. I need to decompress.…
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No eating/drinking makes Ronan a grumpy boy…
I broke down in the playroom today. Ronan wanted to go there this morning so I carried him and off we went. When we got there he didn’t want to play. He just wanted me to hold him. I sat in a chair with him and cradled him in my arms like I used to…
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Day 5 of chemo… DONE!!!!
Today was a very good day. Ronan’s spirits were great and he smiled a lot. This is our last day of treatment for cycle one. Ronan did great! No side effects at all!!!! We should be going home on Thursday, thank the lord! It will be so nice to have Ronan back home where we…
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Friends are kisses blown to us by angels
I heard a great story today. A true story about a little boy who at age 5; was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. And today he is in the 4th grade with a clean bill of health. I also talked to his mom and I can tell just by hearing her voice, that she is an amazing…
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It was a Sparky kind of day
Day 4 of Ronan’s chemo has wiped him out. His counts are low so he is getting a blood transfusion as we speak. I’m watching the blood pour into his IV while he peacefully snoozes away. Still so weird that somebody else’s blood is going into my little boys’ body. Ronan has been giving all…
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Day 4 of chemo! We are kicking butt!
Ronan is in good spirits today and just started his 4th day of chemo treatments. We are going to shave his head soon…. probably in the next few days. I do not want to see his beautiful hair fall out. He is excited about it and keeps saying he is getting an army guys haircut.…
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Ronan would totally pee on the pictures…..
I was born a fighter. It’s just the way I’ve always been. Growing up there was nothing I couldn’t say or do. Nobody could tell me otherwise. My family loves to tell the story about how when I was about 4 years old, we came to Arizona to visit my favorite Aunt Sheri. The adults…
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Our doctors
Our doctors have been nothing short of amazing here. I’ll start with our anesthesiologist, Dr. Maze. Who should be called, “Dr. Amazing” because that is what he is. I was standing in the hallway the day after we had found out kind of what was going on with Ronan and Dr. Maze saw me holding…