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So... I'm not usually one for this kind of stuff, but my 5 year old daughter, Phoebe, was diagnosed with Leukemia less than a week ago. We went from bouncing little girl to this in literally the blink of an eye. Watching fireworks under the stars as family on Saturday the 9/5 to Sunday morning at the ER because she couldn't walk, screaming in pain. We waited through Labor Day (because no surgical teams work), to getting confirmation of Leukemia via bone marrow and spinal tap on Tuesday afternoon. Chemo started immediately after Tuesday evening.
Today was a particularly bad day... and I was just taking some time to check in on the forum to find a little normalcy, yet it's not that easy... Perhaps looking to hide from it by looking here, I realized I should share it, instead. So I invite you all to follow our fight with our little girl... Sharing the "journey" thus far has been one of the things that's helped us keep our sanity. Writing about it therapy for my wife and I.
http://facebook.com/FriendsOfPhoebe
Of course, the domainer in me nearly instantly setup http://www.FriendsOfPhoebe.org to point to that. Quasi-thanks Uniregistry for making that thoughtlessly easy... except, what's up with the mobile over there?
Bad, bad, bad -- excessively hard to do one handed while at the hospital on my iPhone.
... Happy thoughts, good vibes, well wishes, healing prayers -- we're thankful for all of it.
Take an extra moment to hug your loved ones be they kids, parents, family or friends. Call your kids, call your parents, call your friends --- whatever. Seriously. Do it. I've seen it said before, I've read on forums from these times of tragedy... and sometimes I've done it, sometimes I've ignored. This time, you should do it because I'm telling ya -- you really never know.
Today was a particularly bad day... and I was just taking some time to check in on the forum to find a little normalcy, yet it's not that easy... Perhaps looking to hide from it by looking here, I realized I should share it, instead. So I invite you all to follow our fight with our little girl... Sharing the "journey" thus far has been one of the things that's helped us keep our sanity. Writing about it therapy for my wife and I.
http://facebook.com/FriendsOfPhoebe
Of course, the domainer in me nearly instantly setup http://www.FriendsOfPhoebe.org to point to that. Quasi-thanks Uniregistry for making that thoughtlessly easy... except, what's up with the mobile over there?
Bad, bad, bad -- excessively hard to do one handed while at the hospital on my iPhone.... Happy thoughts, good vibes, well wishes, healing prayers -- we're thankful for all of it.
Take an extra moment to hug your loved ones be they kids, parents, family or friends. Call your kids, call your parents, call your friends --- whatever. Seriously. Do it. I've seen it said before, I've read on forums from these times of tragedy... and sometimes I've done it, sometimes I've ignored. This time, you should do it because I'm telling ya -- you really never know.
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