Category Archives: Children

Vomit

Posted on December 20, 2013 by David

Or vomet. The next time you think you want to complain about “a hard pill to swallow” remember this. . . “It sucks to upchuck.” PS. This was my favorite of all the letters. Tweet

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Needles

Posted on December 12, 2013 by David

A necessary evil. Until we invent a way to get the medication into the bloodstream in a more efficient manner, needles are necessary. Even though she’s afraid of them, Karla made a choice to have a subq port. This is … Continue reading →

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Melanoma

Posted on December 11, 2013 by David

If you didn’t know about melanoma, read the writing below. The text is small in the picture above so I’ve retyped it. “Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. It is normally an adult disease. In my case, it’s more … Continue reading →

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Miracles

Posted on December 10, 2013 by David

No. I didn’t skip a letter. Cassandra calls it “Li’l Miracles”. She writes about how they can be big or small like: finishing chemo getting a call from a friend just to say hi tumors going away without chemo or … Continue reading →

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Starting with a wish

Posted on October 25, 2013 by David

The C word. The big C. Specifically, it’s ALL – acute lymphoblastic leukemia – a disease that in 1964 had a survival rate of 4 percent. Today, thanks to research and technological advances, that number has soared to a 94 … Continue reading →

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