School has started in our household. This is the beginning of week 2; some days go perfectly and learning is fun and other days are a strugg...

Sometimes we get exactly what we need when we need it. Yesterday, on the way home from Jacob's 2nd week check up (his counts are still o...

"Caring for a sick child is exhausting," wrote one mother on a blog that I frequent. While her son doesn't have cancer he has...

Tomorrow will mark one week that Jacob and I have been home. Home. It's amazing how much more comfortable life is when you are in your ...

Jacob's central line was pulled on Wednesday and an IV was placed in each hand. Plans were for a PICC line to be placed at the same time...

Day 33 of this hospital stay. Last week was a disappointment. It was up to me whether we would continue to force Jacob to take his medicatio...

One, of the many, difficult things about being at the hospital for so long is wanting to get things done and being unable to do so. With the...