Childhood cancer

Elliot’s Year

The last chemo treatment is now officially scheduled for Monday. We can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Of course, we will never leave the "cancer world", and I know now there is no going back to how things were before September 2011. Our new "normal" will involve frequent hospital visits,… Continue reading Elliot’s Year

Childhood cancer

Fear

Elliot, walking into the bathroom where I was brushing my teeth, looked at me seriously and said “I think my heart is going to explode.” Needless to say, I dropped my toothbrush and asked him what he meant. He put his hand on the upper left side of his abdomen and said, with a worried… Continue reading Fear

Childhood cancer

Family in times of crisis

When I was just a baby, my older sister Michelle, being at the wise age of 2, decided that I was boring and informed my mother that this whole baby thing had been a bad idea. My mom was probably only slightly tired at the time (after all, she had been given the entire 2… Continue reading Family in times of crisis