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, May 16, 2005

Monday, May 16, 2005 8:56 AM CDT

We have had another good week. It was filled with fairly normal stuff. Nathan had preschool. They had several playdates. I realize I fail to mention what Luke is up to most times. The answer is usually - work as usual. This past week he has been working nonstop and will also be doing some travelling in the next few weeks. I had my 12 week OB appointment on Tuesday. The doctor was having a little trouble getting the heartbeat on the doppler and so took me across the hall for a quick ultrasound. It was fun to see how much the baby had changed from the blob it was at 8 weeks. Anyone interrested in seeing it can look here. It is hard to see for those not used to looking at ultrasounds - but the baby's face is ont he left side - its hand and foot are sticking up.

Nathan's last day of preschool is Wednesday. They are having an ice cream social on the last day. I can't believe it is almost over and Kindergarten is next for him.

I think I may take him into the oncologist's for a check-up at the end of May. We need to figure out when his next scans will be. With our busy summer schedule they will either have to be the 3rd week fo June or the first week of August. We don't really want to even do them - but I suppose we should. We are enjoying this medical free time and it has been nice to be able go along for awhile with a normal life. The thought of finding a relapse terrifies me and it would be even more heartbreaking for it to happen right before he is about to get to go to Kindergarten. However - the prevailing theory is that it is better to find a relapse early so I guess we need to keep scanning.

We are off to Arizona soon. The kids and I are going to take a side trip to visit with my aunt and uncle in Tuscon after we leave Phoenix. It means a long drive home for me (Luke will fly home) but I have decided it is well worth it to make the visit.

Well - that is the update around here. Hope you all are doing well.

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