Day 64
Today, after his morning antibiotics, they let us outside! We went for a big walk to our favourite cafe and had a lovely breakfast date...
Day 63
I began the day with getting myself organized and packed up for a few days of hospital time, tidied the house, made some breakfast, and...
Day 62
Today was a non-eventful day at the hospital for Lochlan and his dad. It was another day of 2.5 hour antibiotic infusions every 6 hours....
Day 61
Today brought us back to our home hospital. Although he still has to spend 5 more days there, it means Luke and Daddy got to visit. For...
Day 60
Another day of nothing but 2.75 hr blocks of antibiotics and waiting. We were told this morning that they were transferring us back to...
Day 59
Day 59 of Lochlan’s healing journey with near haploid leukaemia began bright and early with 2.5 hours of antibiotics. But then he got to...
Day 58
He started his day bright and early with antibiotics. He’s currently on two… one takes a half hour and the second was one he reacted to...
Day 57
Day 57 of Lochlan’s healing journey with nearhaploid leukemia was a long and boring one. We filled the time with lots of movies and video...
Day 56
Day 56 of Lochlan’s healing journey with leukaemia sure took us on an unexpected ride. We met with the doctors this morning who informed...
Day 55
Day 55 of Lochlan’s healing journey with Leukaemia started super early. He got up to pee at 2:00 a.m. and I noticed he felt warm. So I...
Day 54
Day 54 of Lochlan’s healing journey with nearhaploid leukaemia was a dark and rainy one. A perfect day for a cozy day in, curled up with...
Day 53
Today started as usual with red light therapy and essential oils before heading to the hospital for his chemo treatment. He was in a...
Day 52
This morning we headed to the hospital for more chemo. Today we were back to simply walking, and didn’t need a wheelchair. His treatment...
Day 51
Day 51 of Lochlan’s healing journey with nearhaploid leukaemia started bright and early. We left the house at 6 am to head to the...
Day 50
We got up bright and early and headed to the hospital to have bloodwork and chemo. Amazingly enough he did so well with his nerves and...
Day 49
Day 49 of Lochlan’s healing journey with near haploid leukaemia began with smiles as he woke up. I ran my hand through his tossled,...
Day 48
Day 48 of Lochlan’s healing journey with near haploid leukaemia was a quiet one. After a busy week, Lochlan’s fall yesterday, and Mitch...
Day 47
Today was a really good day for Lochlan. He woke up smiling, and he had good energy levels. We spent lots of time outside enjoying the...
Day 46
Day 46 of Lochlan’s healing journey with near haploid leukaemia. It started with a trip to the local hospital for more chemo and...
Day 45
Day 45 of Lochlan’s healing journey with near haploid leukaemia was filled with chemo, and big emotions. Lochlan’s fear and worry for...
Day 44
Day 44 of Lochlan’s healing journey with near haploid leukaemia brought another morning of chemo at our local hospital. It’s as if...
Day 43
Day 43 was also day 1 of the Very High Risk Consolidation phase of Lochlan’s treatment for Near-Haploid Leukaemia. We were up and on the...
Day 42
Day 42 of Lochlan’s healing journey with Leukaemia started with a trip to the local hospital for bloodwork. He has a huge fear of needles...
Day 41
Today was the last day of the county fair so we spent a few hours there in the afternoon, soaking up all we could while it lasted. The...
Day 40
Day 40 of Lochlan’s healing journey with leukaemia was another day well spent at the fair. Another day that we could pretend that life...
Day 39
Day 39 of Lochlan’s healing journey with leukaemia was a fun-filled day at the fair. My parents came to visit + the boys are always so...
Day 38
Perhaps the fact that his neutrophil count was low and delayed chemo for the week was a blessing in disguise because today was the first...
Day 37
It’s easy to fall into a state of despair and wallow in it which was thee path Lochlan was on today. Screen time was a good tool for...
Day 36
Today was a relatively “good” day, if we can call it that. The fact that the steroids have finally worked out of his system he is feeling...
Day 35
We headed to our local hospital this morning for bloodwork. He was really scared because it was going to be his first port access, but we...
Day 34
Day 34 of Lochlan’s healing journey with leukaemia was filled with waiting and resting for him. He was very tender + sore from his port...
Day 33
(How is it only 33 days?! It feels like an eternity already.) Today was a day where I could barely hold it together. Between exhaustion,...
Day 32
Day 32 of Lochlan’s healing journey with leukaemia just so happened to be Mitch and my 16th anniversary but unfortunately it wasn’t a...
Day 31
Today was a better day… still hard but better than yesterday. We started our day with a good family cry together. We talked about life...
Day 30
He was in a lot of physical pain from his lumbar puncture + bone marrow aspirate yesterday. He also was in a lot of emotional pain… I...
Day 29 - Near Haploid Leukaemia
Today marked the last day of the induction phase of his treatment. We were up early and made the 3 hour trip to Halifax without any...
Day 28
Today was another relatively good day for him. He spent time with his brother hanging out in “the den” in the basement, time outside...
Day 27
I feel like he’s really turned a corner mentally with accepting his situation. He knows in his heart he is going to be ok, and even...
Day 26
Today was the first day in weeks that he woke up and wasn’t in tears. He was more settled with his circumstances. We had a quiet rainy...
Day 25
After a rough night of lots of fears and tears we got up and faced the day. We had an early appointment at the local hospital and on the...
Day 22
Today was our first appointment at our home hospital. He had a physical + chemo today. He was, understandably, nervous but he did so...
Day 21
It was a great day filled with time together as a family out in nature in our forest. It was a day filled with time to feel the big...
Day 20
We had our best night’s sleep last night with only one small wake up and cry in the middle of the night. Settling into his own bed and...
Day 19
Day 19 of Lochlan’s battle with leukaemia was a full and wonderful one. After an early wake up, he was ready to go downstairs & tackle...
Day 18
Day 18 of Lochlan’s battle with Leukemia was bitter sweet. We had an early appointment for bloodwork, and were praying for zero blasts so...
Day 17
After a rocky night where he woke up to use the washroom & ended up falling and scraping his knee, elbow & wrist, he was tired and...
Day 16
This morning was full of horrible steroid fuelled emotions. I am his safe space so that also means his literal punching bag. I was hit,...
Day 15
Day 15 did not go as we planned. He went for his chemo treatment and results from bloodwork were good— wbc, hemoglobin, platelets all...
Day 14
We had a rough morning. It ended up with me cradling him like a baby and him falling asleep in my arms and lap. The steroids continued to...
Day 13
A day full of emotion. The hours went by so slowly and the steroids made him ride an emotional roller coaster. Today he told me he hated...
