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Chemo Adventures & Blessings
Just the word “chemotherapy” strikes fear and anxiety into people’s hearts, and we were no different. We had even had a one hour “chemo education” appointment with our oncologist, where the LPN spent an hour telling us all of the… Continue reading
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After Twenty Years, a Change for my Blog.
In early 2005, I started my blog. Derek was just a tiny baby, Lily was 2 years old, Kevin was in the Army, and I was living far away from home and family (with my parents living in Scotland for… Continue reading
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Lifted from the Heavy
Not gonna lie, it’s only Wednesday and it’s been a pretty heavy week. On Monday I had my surgery to insert my port for chemo. It was an outpatient surgery, and relatively simple, but Kevin and I were both still… Continue reading
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Miracles Do Not Make Life Easy . . .
“But miracles do not make life easy. Most often, miracles just make the next step possible.” – “A Girl Called Samson” by Amy Harmon. Next week, things are about to get very real as I move toward both my radiation… Continue reading
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A Seventh Grader, a Birthday, and Other Bits of Life
In all the chaos that my health has caused in our lives, things keep moving forward, and there have been wonderful things thrown in there. One of which, was Arthur beginning 7th Grade. How is our baby boy, not only… Continue reading
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A Diagnosis . . .
I have Stage Four Lung Cancer . As a healthy living nonsmoker, those are words were not even on my radar, let alone something I can even fathom getting as a diagnosis. We are so relieved to have more answers,… Continue reading
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The Waiting and the Miracles
Wednesday night, only 3 days after brain surgery, I was miraculously doing so well, that I was cleared to go home. What a blessing to be in my own bed, and get to cuddle with my baby boy. But we… Continue reading
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He Fell Through a Ceiling . . .
Remember that side story in our trip to Idaho where Kevin fell through a ceiling?? Hmm. So, somehow because of my emergency brain surgery and all the things, that side detail about what happened to Kevin sort of gets forgotten.… Continue reading
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An Unexpected Health Adventure
Emergency brain surgery was never in the plans or on my radar, but on Monday morning, that is what happened. A few months ago I began having strange symptoms. I would forget words, lose my thoughts, or say something totally… Continue reading
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Lily’s Fun Adventures
Hello, everyone! It’s Lily here, ready to tell you about how I was doing all the way up in Rexburg, Idaho! I had a super-fun semester, and there’s so many fun adventures that I get to share with your guys!… Continue reading
