Alyson’s Journey

Growing up, the way to curse without my parents yelling at me was to say effin’. Ironically, Fever with Neutropenia is abbreviated as F n N. Most everyone in the medical profession says effin’ N. It’s appropriate.
Neutropenia
n : leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte)
aka When your [...]

Alyson is still fatigued. She’s been awake more today than any other day. Bradyn’s been a big influence on her today. He misses playing with her and has said as much. Right now, I am listening to them playing with Legos. They make up a story and then build objects to assist.
B: Just then, the [...]

I had been dreading this round of Chemo. The books, websites and personal experiences all warned me that it would be awful for Alyson. It got put off by a few weeks while we waited for Alyson’s counts to improve. She ended up starting on Wednesday, the 18th of February.
Week One brought Propofol Clinic with [...]