My name is Cassie. Wife to Alex. Mom to Sam.

When Sam was 4 months old he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma cancer. This blog became my outlet to share, vent, keep people informed, and document our lives throughout his treatment.

When Sam finished treatment this project sort of fell to the wayside. I'm making an effort revive this space and to start documenting those everyday moments again!

We love God.
We love each other.

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August 14, 2011

Oh, Hi Blog People!

I didn't forget you! Well... I kind of forgot to tell you that we got to come home from the hospital on Friday! Despite the swelling and hives and a few fevers here and there, Sam did pretty well last week. We are very happy to be done with that part of the therapy and looking forward to the end of treatment. End of Treatment Party, anyone?

Anyway... you'll have to forgive me for forgetting to inform you of our discharge. But in my defense, when you still have to drive back in every morning and spend several hours getting GM-CSF, it doesn't really feel like you ever left. Luckily the last day we have to do that is on Thursday. Maybe after that we'll only be seen in clinic. We're unsure how frequent our visits will have to be at first. We know that he will continue to be scanned every three months. (October 1 is when scans will be due.) I just keep praying that we can move forward smoothly, hopefully get some clean scans, and put all of this (mostly) in the rear-view.

Aside from being a little extra cranky and clingy Sam is doing well at home. We had hardwood floors installed in our kitchen and living room while we were in the hospital and he enjoys stomping around on them and seeing how far he can make stuff roll.



Oh... and someone destroyed our silverware drawer.
That's all I got.

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3 comments:

Lisamarie said...

I am so happy for you all to be coming home. Sam is looking so good!! He is still in my prayers every day!

Child of God said...

Sam has grown so much since I first started praying for Him
!
Praying this cancer is gone from Sam.

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Kate said...

Just saying my prayers tonight and saying a special one for Sam....I so hope he is doing ok!!