This is how my 2.5 year old son with cancer, his older brother and I survived leukemia treatment and managed to reenter the real world over four long years. Just barely.

Childhood cancer occurs regularly, randomly and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class or geographical region. One in every 330 Americans develops cancer, during childhood or adolescence, before the age of 20. The cause of most childhood cancers is unknown and at present, childhood cancer can not be prevented.

The First Remission

Here is an old journal entry about Skeeter hitting remission.

Tuesday, April 27, 2004

White Cell Count: *** (Normal = 4.0 – 12)
Hemoglobin: 10.0 (Normal = 11.5 -14.5)
Platelet: 159 (Normal = 160 – 370)
ANC: 3860 (Normal = 1400 – 6600)

YEAH! It is official… Skeeter is in remission. His last draw came up at less than

Continue reading ….The First Remission

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