Category: cancer
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Home sweet home
After leaving the house at 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, guess who’s finally home sweet home! Yesterday Ramón had a repeat bone marrow biopsy, and we’ll learn those results on Monday. If all goes as expected, he’ll begin outpatient chemo next week. Although coming home is a huge milestone, there’s still quite a long…
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Making this our bench
Three weeks ago we were stepping into unfamiliar places, and now we’re familiar faces. Though we’d love to be home, we’ve found that 20 days is the hospitalization sweet spot. Appreciate you all!
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Project: Cancer
We’re making progress on Project: Cancer, and we hope the countdown-to-home can begin soon. Let’s wish for an uneventful next five days as Ramón’s immune system is at its lowest. Our spirits, however, remain high!
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Donate blood, platelets, and kindness
How can you help? That’s the million-dollar question! For all practical purposes, we’re taken care of, and we are grateful for that. We’ve got countless food options, tons of entertainment, an outpouring of love, and our attitudes are as good as can be (except when we have to constantly re-authenticate ourselves on the hospital’s wireless…
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Wiggin’ out
We’re wiggin’ out in here, but at least we’ve got a view.
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What a week can do
At this time last week, we had no idea what was coming. We were contemplating birthday dinner options when the doctor called and said to go to the ER—that it was critical. At 7:12 p.m., I texted, “This is not looking good.” Here we are, one cancer diagnosis and a million thoughtful gestures later. “You…
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Buckle up, folks!
We’re amazed by the outpouring of love we’ve received over the past several days. We hope to thank everyone individually, but, in the meantime, just know we appreciate you. The chemo is doing its job, and Ramón needs rest now more than ever. We’d like to hold on visitors and focus on healing. As we…
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Happy birth-of-a-new-chapter day!
What began as Ramón’s birthday ended as the day he was diagnosed with cancer. While we knew May 7, 2019, would be a special day since Ramón was turning the big 4-0, it became *extra* special extra quickly. Here’s what we know so far: Ramón has Acute Myeloid Leukemia, cancer of the blood/bone marrow We’re…