Exactly 1 year ago today, Harvey received his cancer diagnosis. Wow. It feels so much longer than 365 days ago. Yet, what an accomplishment – especially when we were living moment to moment, not knowing what each next day would bring. (Right on cue Hattie, Harvey’s sister, tested positive for COVID during the authoring of this update.) Today our warrior…
2:45 pm: Today marks the beginning of another chapter for Harvey in his cancer fight. The last stage of planned cancer treatment, maintenance, started this morning at 7:45. (Mom is with Harvey at the cancer clinic as I type this.) This stage will be the longest by far, spanning at least 2.5 years and is expected to conclude in the…
11:25 pm: This update should’ve started off with “Christmas is right around the corner…” or “As we head into the new year…” But here we are. It’s been over a month since our last update and today marks 300 days since Harvey’s diagnosis. Without further ado: Medically, Harvey continues pushing bravely through cancer treatments in the interim maintenance 2 stage….
10:20 pm: Our family is back under one roof! Hattie, Henry, and Lindsey returned back home on Sunday morning after Hattie finished fighting off the flu. Everyone is happy to be home and healthy! Harvey’s immune system has been slowly recovering this past week. On Wednesday, his home health care nurse came by to collect a blood sample. His ANC…
4:50 pm: Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful that Harvey is home and healthy today. We didn’t know if we would have our boy home for Thanksgiving this year. On Wednesday, Nov. 16th, Harvey needed a blood transfusion after his hemoglobin took a nose dive. He had become tired, nauseous, and uncomfortable from the (perhaps most difficult round so far…
8:50 pm: I intended to post an update nearly a week ago. We’ve had quite a busy beginning to November. First: Thank you so much to all our family and friends that helped make Harvey’s 5th birthday an amazing experience for him! He had a memorable Minecraft-themed birthday party at home with so many presents, his favorite foods, a piñata…
9:57 am: Happy birthday, Harvey!! At this very moment, our warrior is now 5 years old. We’ll be offline today while we celebrate everything Harvey and will follow up with a full health and birthday update later tonight. Here’s a look back at some of the moments over the past 5 years that we’ll forever cherish.
10:40 am: Harv is awake again after his morning procedure and is nauseous/vomiting. He’s feeling pretty tough, but glad to be done with everything for the day. We should be back on the road to home before noon. Thank you so much for the kind messages this morning! We certainly haven’t felt alone in this fight. ❤️ 6:30 am: We’re…
7:20 pm: It’s been an entire month since our last update: 30 days of ups and downs throughout the first round of Harvey’s delayed intensification stage of treatment. The oral steroids (dexamethasone) have been brutal. Harvey has been ravenous all hours of the day and night. Third lunches. Midnight feasts. No amount of food made our boy feel full. He…
4:00 pm: Since our last update, we’ve had some wonderful time with our energetic, happy boy during downtime between his cancer treatment stages. Harvey wrapped up his interim maintenance stage on September 7th, and started chemotherapy to kickoff the delayed intensification stage yesterday morning at 7:45 am. Here’s where he’s at on his treatment roadmap: Over the past 2 weeks,…
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