We finally got the news we had been waiting for today.
Lochlan’s B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia is the lowest (aka standard) risk form of it ❤️🙌❤️ . This means the treatment path is pretty straight and narrow and is not quite as intense as it would be if it were higher risk.
He had his first IV chemo this afternoon. And my momma heart broke into a million pieces. Knowing how awful it is for the body yet how important it is for the cancer, is a contradiction that is so hard to find peace with. But Mitch and I have decided to trust the process that provides a 99% survival rate, and try to simply mitigate the damage as much as possible along the way. Sigh. (Praying that that is what is right for our baby 🙏)
So it’s officially Day 1 of his battle with this thing. If all goes according to plan, on day 8 we get to leave the hospital and on day 15 we get to go back home ❤️ The majority of his treatments will be done at our local hospital, but we will need regular visits here throughout the next few phases of treatment. We don’t mind the road trips, as long as it means we get to be home with our family back together and whole again.
Once again, I truly cannot thank everyone enough for the messages, prayers, good vibes, and generosity ❤️🙏❤️ “Thanks” is such a small word for such a big and deep seeded emotion. I have found myself brought to tears time and time again by everything you’ve done and said for me and my baby boy. But selfishly, I will continue to beg and plead that you continue to think of us and pray for us. I truly believe that it is love that heals all… and the love that you have wrapped around us has been overwhelming in the most profound of ways, and it will be the love of this amazing community that we’re surrounded by that will get us through.
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