Note: This is an update of the original post first made in June 2016. Scroll down to find a more detailed list of ways to help—we’ll keep it current as circumstances change! — Jamie (11/12/19) Some Quick Links! Sign up to provide a family meal or other help via Meal Train Purchase and/or share our fundraising […]
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Holiday Raffle Ending!
GeneralPrize Winners! Grand Prize: Coffee Game Table ($899 value) from Carolina Game Table: Keith Bentel Savage Rifts® Bundle ($100+ value) from Pinnacle Entertainment Group: Mark Gallicchio Lovecraftian Tentacle Bundle ($60 value) from Signal Fire Studios: Jon Merchen Metamorphosis Alpha RPG ($20 value) from Signal Fire Studios: Kelly Caudle Pantheon Card Game + d20 die ($20 value) from […]
Give Us Your Blood (We’ll Give Most Of It Back)
General UpdateYou people are awesome. I’m surprised at just how many people read this little blog, from family and friends to casual acquaintances to total strangers who find it via social media. You always ask how you can help our family, even with so many other people in need and worthy causes. But for once I’m […]
Day One
General UpdateEver since Liz was recommended for bone marrow transplantation, everything was building up to the big day. We had an exhausting calendar of preparation, education, procedures, treatments, labs, and collections. Yesterday morning she checked back in where this all started, the Bone Marrow Unit at Northside Hospital. It was her New Birthday, Day Zero, Transplant […]
Share If You Agree
GeneralRemember when chain letters were a thing? They later evolved into chain emails, still forwarded by your Mom from her AOL account. Now they tend to be pictures and the ubiquitous Share button.Liz and I joke about the ridiculous number of internet memes that make some religious, political, or personal statement that challenge you to […]
So What’s the Deal?
GeneralCancer sucks. We know our family’s story isn’t unique. My daughter Elizabeth was diagnosed with ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) and recently began her third week of a very aggressive regimen of chemotherapy as part of a two-year plan to declare her cancer-free. She’s currently a patient in the Bone Marrow Unit of Northside Hospital in […]