Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Looking back
I'm sitting here in the waiting room before Jake is being sedated for his PET/CT scans and reflecting on the past 10 months. What a wild ride it has been....I still remember November 5th like it was yesterday. I remember 2 days later sitting down in a room with Kait and Dr. Katzenstein and we learned about the monster that was going to try to kill our son, and the plan for stopping it. We left the hospital and stared at the "roadmap" that was before us.....17 inpatient chemo stays....outpatient trips....constant trips to the ER....blood counts....surgery....and on and on....
Overwhelmed seemed inadequate to describe how we felt....
So what do you do when you're facing an absolute mountain that you have no choice but to climb?
You start climbing.....
We didn't climb alone though. It was evident early on that we weren't alone. We learned what true friendship was, as time and time again people we knew and were just getting to know stepped up to help. They offered fundraisers, time, food, anything to help make our day to day climb a little easier. We learned what family means. We saw family sacrifice their time and energy to help us take care of our children so I could continue school and keep my shop open. Time and time again when things seemed their darkest we had each other and our network of friends and family to pick us up.
In the next 2 hours we will reach the top of the mountain and step over the peak. We don't know what the other side holds, but we know that no matter what we have an amazing network of friends and family to help us along the way. I said after the Chick Fil A fundraiser in November that "Thank You" seemed inadequate, and this is still true. I don't know what expression means more than complete gratitude, but that applies here. Thank you for allowing our family to not feel alone during what has been without a doubt the darkest period of our lives.
No matter where this journey continues, we know that Jake's Fight is not done. We will continue to advocate for others. Cancer picked a fight with us, and fight we will. The stakes are too high and the lives are too precious to walk away now.
Overwhelmed seemed inadequate to describe how we felt....
So what do you do when you're facing an absolute mountain that you have no choice but to climb?
You start climbing.....
We didn't climb alone though. It was evident early on that we weren't alone. We learned what true friendship was, as time and time again people we knew and were just getting to know stepped up to help. They offered fundraisers, time, food, anything to help make our day to day climb a little easier. We learned what family means. We saw family sacrifice their time and energy to help us take care of our children so I could continue school and keep my shop open. Time and time again when things seemed their darkest we had each other and our network of friends and family to pick us up.
In the next 2 hours we will reach the top of the mountain and step over the peak. We don't know what the other side holds, but we know that no matter what we have an amazing network of friends and family to help us along the way. I said after the Chick Fil A fundraiser in November that "Thank You" seemed inadequate, and this is still true. I don't know what expression means more than complete gratitude, but that applies here. Thank you for allowing our family to not feel alone during what has been without a doubt the darkest period of our lives.
No matter where this journey continues, we know that Jake's Fight is not done. We will continue to advocate for others. Cancer picked a fight with us, and fight we will. The stakes are too high and the lives are too precious to walk away now.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Last day of chemo!
Just a short post to let everyone know that Jake received his last chemo infusion today! It only took a few minutes and now he is done! Oh happy day!
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