Today is our first set of scans after finishing treatment. She'll be having a full body nuclear bone scan,  MRI of the pelvis, and CT of the chest. Because of her age, she'll have to be put under anesthesia during all of these. The hospital does an amazing job at scheduling, so these will all be back to back to minimize how long she's under anesthesia and to make it as smooth as possible. Unfortun...

 I'll never hear a bell the same again I've never been more proud of my girl.  She ROCKED the last 10 months in this intense chemo regimen. She always put her trust in me and Ryan as we had to keep taking her in to scans, meds, transfusions, "ouchie" procedures, etc. Even on rough days, through tears she'd tell Daddy bye and say "we're going to clinic." Even though she obviously didn't like what s...

When I entered nursing school, I just knew nurses were a different breed of people. I knew this already from growing up in a family of nurses, but in school, I realized it was universal, not just a "family thing."Nurses are strong, independent, deep-thinkers, detail-oriented, loud, caring, empathetic, stubborn, compassionate, patient, well-meaning, flexible, opinionated and your best advocate. Ove...

Today, we got admitted for our LAST round of inpatient chemo!! In exactly 1 week from today, after a quick outpatient chemo that completes the final "round," Hazel will get to RINGHERBELLI can't believe this day is finally within an arm's reach! It feels surreal. As per our usual, after finding out in clinic today that we made counts for admission, we then waited for Internal Transport to take us ...

At the very beginning of our journey, we spoke of our hope. We had and will always have, HOPE for Hazel. Hope that she will pull through this time in life, cancer-free. Hope that her scars be minimal. Hope that the cancer never returns. Hope that she lives a long, healthy life. Hope that her body have minimal side effects from chemo. Hope that she'll be able to bear children if she desires. Hope t...