Monday, May 30, 2005 9:21 AM CDT
Hello - sorry it has been so long since I updated.
We went to Arizona last week and had a great time. The kids are so good on long car rides that the drive was no big deal at all. The drive was about 12 hours plus stops. We picked up Luke's brother, Josh, halfway there - in Albuquerque and proceeded to the Phoenix area. We spent the weekend hanging out with good friends and their kids. All the kids LOVED the pool and since it was 115 outside - that was a good thing! Nathan and Julia because very comfortable in the water and were swimming around the pool in their "floaties".
On Monday morning we left Phoenix and drove to Tuscon to visit my aunt and uncle. Luke caught a flight home that evening and the kids and I left on Wednesday morning. Nathan and Julia loved learning about the plants and cacti in the desert. My aunt took them on several walks around her property looking at all the plant and wildlife.
We drove home in two days, stopping in Albuquerque for the night. Once again, Nathan and Julia were very good on the ride.
So - we've been home since Thursday. The trip really tired me out. I had very bad allergies to something in Phoenix and am recovering from that. I am still somewhat nauseous and have an almost constant headache. So - that is my excuse for not updating!
Today, Luke is working despite the holiday and the kids and I will go to a friend's house later for a cookout.
Tomorrow, Nathan has appointments at the ear doctor and the oncologist. These are routine checkups. At the oncologist he will just have a physical exam and we will discuss the timing of the next round of scans.
The kids and I are off to Hilton Head Island next Monday to visit my parents. I am not exactly ready to go on another trip already but I am looking forward to being there!
When we get back we will prepare for Nathan's birthday on the 16th!
So - that's our update. I don't expect to learn anything interesting at the doctor appointments tomorrow, but I will update if I do.
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.
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.

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