Mad, Humphrey and I are leaving tomorrow for Coarsegold to visit the grandparents. I'm not looking forward to the long drive but it'll be nice once we're there.
Here's a Halloween teaser:
September 29, 2008
Chilis!
I'm a little late with this reminder, but please remember to eat at Chili's tonight! 100% of the proceeds go to cancer research.
Mad, Humphrey and I are leaving tomorrow for Coarsegold to visit the grandparents. I'm not looking forward to the long drive but it'll be nice once we're there.
Here's a Halloween teaser:
Mad, Humphrey and I are leaving tomorrow for Coarsegold to visit the grandparents. I'm not looking forward to the long drive but it'll be nice once we're there.
Here's a Halloween teaser:
New design
I'm working on customizing a new design template, things may be moving around a bit as I figure it all out. If everything looks all wonky in your browser please let me know. The most annoying part of design changes is that browsers render things differently.
And in Madeleine news, we feel the beginning of a tooth coming in! Does that explain the being awake every hour or two for the past eleven months? I wish it did.
And in Madeleine news, we feel the beginning of a tooth coming in! Does that explain the being awake every hour or two for the past eleven months? I wish it did.
September 27, 2008
September 26, 2008
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Beautiful images of some cancer fighters from around the world, very moving pictures.
Beautiful images of some cancer fighters from around the world, very moving pictures.
September 25, 2008
Eat for the cause
Chili's is donating 100% of their profits on Monday to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Don't forget to go out to lunch or dinner, or both!Edited to add: This is happening at every Chili's.
Annoyed with the Pink Ribbon
Breast Cancer is a very worthy cause, and I fully support the research and funding that goes towards it. However, I'm jealous, I suppose, of the amount of attention that it gets. Sure, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, but why do retailers (I'm looking at you Target and Vons) start pulling out the Pink merchandise in mid-September?
Today at Vons I was asked if I wanted to donate money to Breast Cancer funding. Sure, I have no problem with this except THAT IT'S STILL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. Not that Vons supported Childhood Cancer funding and research with it's checkout donation program anyway. I know there are a million worthy causes out there, but this one is obviously mine. A few weeks ago I asked my checker how I could contact Vons (corporate) to find out about getting them to add childhood cancer donations to their checkstand donation program. She didn't know, and didn't offer to get a manager. I looked around online and found the right person/department to email. The email ended up being sent back to me with a notice that that email address no longer works. Nice.
If 10% of the funds donated to Breast Cancer were instead donated to Childhood Cancer, it would make a huge difference in helping to find a cure, or in the least, finding better treatment plans for children. I don't wish to take any funding away from Breast Cancer reasearch, I just wish that Childhood Cancer funding and research got a fraction of the amount of attention that Breast Cancer Awareness does.
End of rant.
Today at Vons I was asked if I wanted to donate money to Breast Cancer funding. Sure, I have no problem with this except THAT IT'S STILL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. Not that Vons supported Childhood Cancer funding and research with it's checkout donation program anyway. I know there are a million worthy causes out there, but this one is obviously mine. A few weeks ago I asked my checker how I could contact Vons (corporate) to find out about getting them to add childhood cancer donations to their checkstand donation program. She didn't know, and didn't offer to get a manager. I looked around online and found the right person/department to email. The email ended up being sent back to me with a notice that that email address no longer works. Nice.
If 10% of the funds donated to Breast Cancer were instead donated to Childhood Cancer, it would make a huge difference in helping to find a cure, or in the least, finding better treatment plans for children. I don't wish to take any funding away from Breast Cancer reasearch, I just wish that Childhood Cancer funding and research got a fraction of the amount of attention that Breast Cancer Awareness does.
End of rant.
Finally
I finally heard from the hospital. Yesterday they told me that the reason for the delay is because the dye for the scan is sent from Texas, and due to the hurricane, the dye was never received and a whole bunch of patients had to be canceled and rescheduled. Today they told me that she is scheduled for October 8th, for the injection, and October 9th for the actual scan. Finally!
We are celebrating Madeleine's birthday on November 1st, and are worried that the chemotherapy will interfere with her party. I guess we'll just have to play it by ear and see how she is feeling and where her counts are around that time. This weekend I am trying out cupcake recipes for her party. It will be a puppy themed celebration.
This past weekend we got to spend some time with Grandma (Nana) and Grandpa B, and Aunt Rebecca. It was very nice to be able to get out and get some things done for myself including a haircut (it had only been seven months!), a pedicure and a date night with the husband (we went to dinner AND a movie - first time since Mad was born that we've done that). And of course it was fun to hang out with the family too.
On Tuesday Mad had a neurosurgery appointment and they showed me the actual MRI images on the biggest computer screen I've ever seen, this thing seriously took up an entire wall. It was interesting to see what we're fighting. The neurosurgeon said that he can debulk the tumor (surgery) if that is what our doctor decides she wants to do. A total resection (means totally removing the remaing tumor) is impossible because of where it is in the spine. So, another surgery may be on the horizon.
I'm contemplating a visit to the other Grandparents next week. Might as well take advantage of being able to get out of the house while we still can. We're mostly housebound during chemo and it gets more than a little boring.
We are celebrating Madeleine's birthday on November 1st, and are worried that the chemotherapy will interfere with her party. I guess we'll just have to play it by ear and see how she is feeling and where her counts are around that time. This weekend I am trying out cupcake recipes for her party. It will be a puppy themed celebration.
This past weekend we got to spend some time with Grandma (Nana) and Grandpa B, and Aunt Rebecca. It was very nice to be able to get out and get some things done for myself including a haircut (it had only been seven months!), a pedicure and a date night with the husband (we went to dinner AND a movie - first time since Mad was born that we've done that). And of course it was fun to hang out with the family too.
On Tuesday Mad had a neurosurgery appointment and they showed me the actual MRI images on the biggest computer screen I've ever seen, this thing seriously took up an entire wall. It was interesting to see what we're fighting. The neurosurgeon said that he can debulk the tumor (surgery) if that is what our doctor decides she wants to do. A total resection (means totally removing the remaing tumor) is impossible because of where it is in the spine. So, another surgery may be on the horizon.
I'm contemplating a visit to the other Grandparents next week. Might as well take advantage of being able to get out of the house while we still can. We're mostly housebound during chemo and it gets more than a little boring.
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