Welcome to Nathan's Cancer Journey

This blog is a reposting of Nathan's Caringbridge page which we updated throughout his battle with Neuroblastoma.

Nathan was born on June 16, 2000, diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma on April 1, 2003 and died on July 29, 2007.

I have posted the journal here to make it easier to look up by date and also to be able to easily add pictures to the journal entries.

Some of the pictures go along with the text, but many of the pictures you will see were pictures taken on the same date the journal was added, even if the pictures have nothing to do with the text. In the future I may add additional journal entries to go along with pictures to add more explanation/memories.

I am just getting started posting the years of entries and so this will be incomplete for some time. I hope to eventually also post the guestbook entries by date as a comment on the post.

Monday, March 8, 2004

Monday, March 8, 2004 9:37 AM CST

Done with all medical stuff! We are packing and doing laundry. Last night was rough as Nathan woke up at 4 am and wanted his water and I was told not to give him any and so I said no and he screamed for 45 minutes. This morning he whined and cried about no drinking and eating until we finally got things going at the hospital. They got us in quickly and we were done by around 10:00. This give us a little breathing roomm before we have to leave. Nathan is happily eating a chocolate donut and drinking milk and watching Blue's Clues.

Saturday Nathan wanted to go to the playroom and paint but it wasn't open yet and so we went to a coffee shop and had breakfast. Afterwards he painted and played some. We went out to browse a small toy store and then out to dinner to have some pizza.

Yesterday we got up and went to McDonald's for breakfast and then got on a subway and rode for and hour and a half to Coney Island. After lunch at the original Nathan's Famous we went to the New York aquarium. Nathan had a great time looking at all the exhibits. He told me his favorite was the penguins. He liked the sea otters a lot as well. After the aquarium we walked down the boardwalk and I got Nathan some cotton candy. It was the first time he ever had any and he seemed to like it but didn't eat too much. We got back on the subway and dozed and arrived back at the room around 3:30.

After a little rest we brought some things to my aunt's appointment to store there and then had some dinner and milkshakes for dessert. When we got back Nathan was ready to go to bed after our long day.

So we are off to the airport in a little while. We can't wait to get home!

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