Author Archives: candocade

First and foremost, I can’t remember if I let everyone know this already or not, but the spinal tap was clean of any cancer cells!! Thank you God! Tuesday nights chemo doses went good, we had no allergic reaction to the Etopocide, which is great! However, between the Cisplatin Monday night and the Cytoxan heContinue reading “Cade’s Chemo Week”

Yesterday was the big day. And man was it a long day at that! We had to be at the oncologist office at 10am so we left the house at 8:30 for our journey. We were at the oncologist office for quite a while talking about the course, the meds, meeting the NP, etc. WeContinue reading “Children’s of Milwaukee”

We have had a fun weekend together so far. Friday morning started out with dentist appointments that I kept because I figured it was much easier to just deal with them now then try and reschedule them in the chaos that will soon become our lives. Plus, it was supposed to be Cade’s first teethContinue reading “Our Weekend So Far…”

Great news to report- yesterday he made it through the scans and they were able to complete everything!! I saw 2 sets of feet walking towards our room and I though, oh no! But the second set of feet was carrying Cade in as they told me that they were able to get everything done.Continue reading “Everything is Moving Along”

The last several days have been quite a whirlwind of emotions. After my last post on Friday, we received a phone call from our pediatrician, Dr Kaufman late that evening. He called to inform us that he had been on the phone with a man from the Advocate branch of my BCBS HMO insurance andContinue reading “A Roller Coaster Ride”

Our follow up appointment on Monday with Dr Ruge went great. He was very pleased with how great Cade looked, how he was moving around, and how nicely his incisions were healing. He did say he needed to still take it pretty easy for another couple of weeks as he continues to heal. They placedContinue reading “The Holiday Week”

Hard to believe we have been home for a week already. That we have been living the unimaginable for almost 3 weeks. That Cade had brain surgery 2 weeks ago. It feels like that was so long ago and yesterday all at the same time. Our amazing little man has been feeling better with eachContinue reading “Our Weekend”

Yesterday was a hard day. Our hearts were heavier and sadder than we were prepared for when we woke up. We had our meeting with the oncologist, Dr Agrawal, at Lutheran mid-morning. We had briefly met them during our hospital stay and it was mentioned that the anticipated plan would be a mix of chemoContinue reading “Our Meeting with the Oncologist”

We have been home a few days now and it has been so great for Cade!! Sunday when we got home we spent a good amount of time outside, Cade slowly getting around with help. There was a moment that melted my heart and made me wish my phone was in reach as to captureContinue reading “Being Home”

Today is a day of joy and excitement…or at least it will be in a little bit when we ring the bell on our way out of the unit. Today we get to go home!Amen! This couldn’t have come at a better time as Cade was sitting on my lap earlier this morning crying andContinue reading “We are Going HOME!!!”