It's interesting to interact with someone who knows more than you. Eli's doctors are smart and have much more experience than I when it comes to fighting this cancer. I've appreciated their expertise and learning from them. I had been increasingly concerned by the various symptoms and side effects that have popped up the last …
Since we returned from Cancun, Eli's eye pain has been resolving, so that has been becoming less concerning. On the other hand, he has developed edema in his left foot and leg that has been getting worse. He also has a small swollen lymph node in the inguinal area, which brings to mind the swollen …
I've seen dark before, but not like thisThis is cold, this is empty, this is numbThe life I knew is over, the lights are outHello, darkness, I'm ready to succumbI follow you around, I always haveBut you've gone to a place I cannot findThis grief has a gravity, it pulls me downBut a tiny voice …
It's that time again. Time to see what's going on with the cancer in Eli's body. Since I can feel Eli's thigh tumor, and a couple of the tumors we radiated in September, without scans I could tell that radiation did a good job of shrinking the foot and arm tumors. The thigh tumor, which …
Me waiting while Adam is taken to imaging When I was writing the last post, I was sitting in the emergency department at our local hospital with Adam, trying not to use all my phone battery. It was Friday and the day had started off pretty typically. At 8am my alarm went off reminding me …
