Diagnoses Day. 12/29/16. The most dreaded day of the year for me. The dread starts about November and goes all the way through December. I avoid my FB memories leading up to Christmas because Gabriel was sick, and we thought it was just a normal virus. Now looking back at the pictures I can fully […]
Christmas Traditions
This year has been a roller coaster of emotions. As most of you already know and follow our story, our youngest son was diagnosed with Leukemia right after Christmas last year. He is in Remission and while we are so thankful for that, we still have a year and a half left of treatments. We […]
#GabeStrong Continuation Week 14
{106 weeks to go} We had a photo shoot at St. Jude this morning for them to possibly use for fundraising! Gabe was excited until he had to put on a hoodie that they wanted him to wear and then he refused to get his picture made by himself. 🙄 We ended up getting a […]
#GabeStrong – Continuation Week 11
{109 weeks to go} Another weekly visit to St. Jude has come and gone. I realized that I was writing “mini blogs” on my Facebook posts instead of posting here. I apologize! Gabe had his routine lab draw, nurse and doctor visit, followed up with chemo in the med room. His counts were a little […]
#GabeStrong (Consolidation) Day 6-27
Sometimes your greatest fear can become your biggest blessing.  Sounds crazy right? No one wants their greatest fear, the thing that they are afraid of the most, to come to pass. The idea of it sends your heart racing and makes you break out in a cold sweat. The very pit of your stomach turns into […]
#GabeStrong (consolidation) Day 1-5
When you have a child with cancer, you have a constant battle of emotions. You also have hopes, expectations, and reality. You are on a continuous cycle of these emotions and sometimes you even experience more than one at a time. I always try to remain hopeful and optimistic; but also hold onto reality and […]
#GabeStrong: Day 30-38
We are out of isolation! Yay!
#GabeStrong: Day 23-29
Isolation continues. Our days consist of appointments for blood work, chemo, and then hanging out in our hotel room.
