When Jack was 5 years old, I held him down while he got a blood draw at a Kaiser lab, per the instructions of the lab tech. This is among the worst moments of my life: holding my small child…
Childhood Cancer
Living That Normal Life
For the first time in nearly five years, Jack’s latest lab results were normal! While he finished cancer treatment over a year and a half ago, his body has taken its sweet time showing us that it could function normally.
Cancer is a Thief
Another school year has begun. Jack’s fourth grade teacher seems likes she knows her stuff. Right from the start she walked the kids through how to organize their day so that there are fewer opportunities to “forget” homework; they carry…
Sharing Our Story About Pediatric Cancer
Saturday we attended the Grand Finale event for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man & Woman of the Year campaign (Bay Area Chapter). Jack and Celia, the Boy and Girl of the Year, handed out the awards to the participants…
Reconstructing The Past
Jack is starting therapy soon to address the post-traumatic stress issues that are causing us all concern. The short term goal is to address the needle phobia associated with it, which is more accurately described as a “lab-induced panic spiral,”…
Boy Of The Year
I’m writing to invite Jack to become an official Honoree for one of our campaigns: the Man & Woman of the Year. Man & Woman of the Year campaign is a national ten-week campaign where individuals compete to raise funds…