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We are officially admitted for round 1 of Cade’s heavy dose chemo. This did not look to be possible yesterday afternoon. I called to follow up late morning and was told by one of the case workers that the hospital admission was approved, but it was unclear as to whether the chemo and stem cellContinue reading “We Made It!”

Today I’m writing this update not from the hospital, but from my kitchen. Which only means one thing. Insurance companies SUCK! Last week they submitted everything at the end of the day Wednesday after our appointment. They were wanting Cade to come in Sunday afternoon and be admitted in order to start his first roundContinue reading “I Hate Insurance”

Well we finally heard back yesterday that Nationwide also agreed that Cades scans are all clean and that any spots present were scar tissue from continued surgical changes and just a vessel in the spine. This was very reassuring. I will honestly probably not be 110% reassured until Dr Ruge also views the scans, butContinue reading “The Next Phase”

Thursday went good. I had a calm feeling of peace with me all day. I knew God was with me. Cade had all of the tests and scans done and the feeding tube placed and everything went great. The feeding tube was a little more obnoxious looking than I was expecting. They put in aContinue reading “Results Are In”

Good morning. Things have been going good, so naturally Cade has been keeping me busy! I’m trying to squeeze in the time this morning to get an update out to everyone before another crazy day begins. Last update Cade had spiked his first fever ever. Well thanks to all the prayers and this little guysContinue reading “Today is a BIG Day”

Saturday night my mom came up to the hospital and stayed over night with Cade to give me a little break. I was really needing this as that afternoon Cade and I were walking back up the SkyWalk bridge, me pushing him and his IV pole, and ahead of me there was a dad walkingContinue reading “A Couple Days of Family Time”

Well another week has gotten away from me again. Mind you this update has been a work in progress for 2 days now, so don’t mind the time stamp on the post. It is currently Friday. I made the mistake of putting the LEGO game on my iPad when we were in the PICU forContinue reading “Round 3…the Final Induction Round”

Well we sadly have not made it home yet. Instead, we are here for our 3rd day of WBC harvesting. I had it in my head that we were going to get enough on the 1st round, as a couple doctors had eluded to, and be able to go home the later part of Thursday.Continue reading “The Harvest Continues”

Cade is doing much better. His mucositis this go around remained much milder than the last time and they never ended up starting him on IV nutrition. We were not discharged to the RMH yesterday only because of the plan for the WBC harvest. Logistically it just made sense to streamline things better by keepingContinue reading “The Harvest is on Schedule”

Sadly Cade was readmitted only a few hours after my last post. Chris and Rylan got to the RMH and Cade perked up when he saw Ry, as I hoped he would, but it only lasted a few minutes. That’s when I knew there was no way he was going to make it unti FridayContinue reading “Mucositis Wins Again”