For a long time cancer was just a part of my life and it didn't seem like a big deal. We switched from chemo to radiation for a while. I always got better for a while but the cancer always found a way back inside. I still got to go to school a lot and …
Winter 2015
I found something out that fall that made me real sad. Momma and I were talking about Christmas and presents one night and she told me that presents weren't the most important part. I said that I knew that. But then she told me that some people didn't get presents at all and I did …
Summer/Fall 2015
The first round of chemo I had over the summer made me real sick. At home I didn't have any energy to get up off the couch and I was throwing up a lot. Throwing up didn't hurt so bad as it used to because I didn't have sores in my throat anymore. So I …
Sleep Medicine
**THIS ONE IS IZZY WRITING. She wrote this as an essay last year in sixth grade and I had planned to post it later but it seems fitting for today. It's her thoughts on anesthesia, something she's probably had more than one hundred times in her life. Honestly, it fits in the timeline anywhere. She …
Summer 2015
We had to do lots more tests before we could start treatment again. That was the only good thing because that meant I got to finish first grade with my hair. I had to have a line put in again. Momma said I could pick which kind of line I got this time. I didn't …
Spring 2015
I was seven when I got cancer again. My hair had grown back a lot and I loved it. It covered up my hearing aids and I liked looking like the other kids. We still had to go to the hospital sometimes for labs and to do pictures. We were back at the hotel one …
Fall 2013
When I wasn't doing my treatments I got to go to school. The hospital gave me a monkey that I got to take to school on the first day. It was called Monkey In My Chair. Everyday when I wasn't at school, my teacher would put the monkey in my chair so the kids didn't …
Summer 2013
I was in the hospital a week that first time I got antibody. It was one of the hardest weeks I ever had in the hospital so I was not excited to have to do it a bunch more times. I was so glad to be home but the thing was, I had to start …
Spring 2013
After radiation we finally got to go home. The doctors said my body needed a break before we did the rest of my treatments so we got to stay home for a whole month. Well, we still had to go to the hospital for labs and stuff but we didn't have to spend the night. …
February 2013
I don't remember much about stem cell. I was in the hospital for two months and could never leave the room. I had a pump with a button I could push when I had pain. It made me super tired but I had pain all the time so I pushed it whenever I could. The …
