While hiding in my room, trying to get this blog started, Eli came in and had me look at the back of his head. There was a bald spot. I saw some thinning on the front, too. I thought we would have more time, but he had been pulling wisps of hair out all day. …
Chemo begins
Friday, November 2, 2019 We had been warned earlier that week, while still admitted in the hospital, that they had some training in store for us. They ended up letting us be discharged with only some basic training, mostly centered around the administration of the blood thinner they put Eli on to prevent blood clots …
Final diagnosis
Thursday, November 1st It felt good to sleep in my own bed again after having spent the week in barely adequate accommodations next to Eli's hospital bed. We were home, but didn't know for how long, since treatment would begin after the diagnosis of the specific type of cancer was made. The schedule for the …
Halloween
What better way to celebrate a cancer diagnosis than with a Halloween party? By Wednesday morning, October 31st, the labs for Eli's tumor indicated that it wasn't lymphoma. The process to determine the particular type is complicated, so we didn't get a final diagnosis until Thursday, November 1st. I went home Halloween morning to get …
Daddy’s Special Soup & Bacon
Having spent most of the Monday, October 29th in the ER without permission to eat, Eli requested Daddy's Special Soup (Adam's improved version of Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana). While the staff prepared to move Eli to his room on the 4th floor, Adam made a quick trip to Olive Garden to get us food. Eli …
It’s not cat scratch fever and Room 26
Monday, October 29th, started off normal with an early morning walk with a friend. We discussed Eli's swollen leg, among other things, and mentioned the lymphoma possibility, but wasn't thinking that was very likely. Before I get back to the story, I figure I should address the whole Dr. Google thing. No, I'm not a …
In the beginning…
There was a bump. Well, the story began in September 2018. Eli, age 10, had been complaining about leg pain. When I asked where it hurt, he indicated the front underwear line of his left leg. I told him he was growing out of his underwear and we would go shopping for a larger size …
Eli The Boss 