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Week One

April 8, 2013 Posted in  by Justin, Chemo Updates, Family Fun One comment

Eleven days down after my first treatment and things couldn’t be much better.  I experienced no nausea in the days following.  Took Rx one every 12 hours for 3 days and never needed Rx two, which was prescribed for random flareups of nausea at any point.  I felt only minor “fatigue” last weekend, and I even hesitate to call it that.  I didn’t feel 100% but by no means would I classify it as fatigue.  If I had to put a number on it , I’d say Easter Sunday was the lowest the bar went and I only dipped to maybe 75%.  By Tuesday I felt perfectly fine again and have been that way since.  Yes, high fives all around.

My appetite has remained constant so far and I’ve been eating as I normally do, if only a bit more health conscious now...

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Our First Post

March 24, 2013 Posted in  by Elizabeth, Uncategorized One comment

We hate to brag, but we think our family is beautiful.  Who wouldn’t with such a happy and healthy little girl?  Adalyn has been a true joy to us over the past nine months.  Becoming parents and raising a daughter has already been an incredible journey and everyday shows us that being parents will only get better.  While we thought we knew the path that we were on, our path has taken a sudden and recent turn. With Justin’s recent diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, the past two months have been full of appointments, tests and surgery.  Chemo starts on Wednesday and the next few months are going to be challenging.  We thought we knew what Adalyn’s first year might consist of, and we always knew that there would be many u...
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