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 night in the hospital

Wednesday, April 07, 2004

First hospitalization

White Cell Count: 5.4 (Normal = 4.0 – 12)
Hemoglobin: 5.6 (Normal = 11.5 -14.5)
Platelet: 56 (Normal = 160 – 370)
ANC: 216 (Normal = 1400 – 6600)

Skeeter spent the night getting three blood transfusions and platelets because he needed to have two procedures done today. First of all they had to

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A lucky chance diagnosis.

This is the first journal entry we had on our CaringBridge site.

White Cell Count: 14.0 (Normal = 4.0 – 12)
Hemoglobin: 4.8 (Normal = 11.5 -14.5)
Platelet: 25 (Normal = 160 – 370)
ANC: 420 (Normal = 1400 – 6600)

Skeeter just before dx in 2004

It was a Tuesday. I will never forget that it was a Tuesday.

Continue reading ….A lucky chance diagnosis.

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