Help Cure Caleb- Caleb's Journey

It's kind of fun to do the impossible. - Walt Disney No news is good news. Isn't that the saying?? It's been a quiet week here and that's a good thing. Caleb went into clinic on Friday. It took forever for us to get there with all the crazy, shoppers on the road. I thought by 1pm all the roads would be clear.... who was I kidding! Our usual 45 min trip took close to an hour and half along the highway. His labs were good, well good for a kid going through chemo. His ANC (which helps fight infection) is VERY low again. He was actually at 504. Below 500 he would of been on a chemo hold. So his oncologist didn't increase his Methotrexate - he just remained at the same level as last dose, which he said is ok and happens. He said he thinks Caleb may be on a hold next round because his ANC is so low. That is okay too. Caleb hasn't had hardly any holds and this will be his last dose before long term maintenance. That will be a whole new level of anxiety for Mama, b

The month of November has always been a month of being thankful. Again this year it means so much more to me. I always said I was thankful for health, family, friends etc, but this year is just completely different. I look at everything in such a new light. This year we had a home invasion of sorts. A serious home invasion and we will never feel safe. The home invasion was by cancer. How could I of been so naive in the past to think that this could never 'happen' to us. Well, it happened and as a cancer mom you have this new found fear for you child. It makes you fearful of so much more. You fear germs, the common cold, the flu, infection on a whole different level. You fear this beast that decided to just come and invade your child and turn the life of you and everyone around you upside down. It is an unexplainable fear, that I'm sure people that see us on the outside think, "I'd never want to be walking in their shoes." As a matter of fact, people and stra

Mission Caleb's 5th birthday was very much a success. He had smiles all weekend long and that was my goal. That is always my goal, to keep him happy. Caleb had an awesome time on his actual birthday making his favorite chocolate cake with chocolate icing. He just hung around that day as the weekend was very busy for him! On Saturday he had his friends party at Goofy's Candy Shop. There they had games, dancing, birthday marches and cupcake decorating for him and his friends. He had a blast and so did they! They played pin the cherry on the banana split, freeze dance, limbo amongst other games. He was smiling and laughing the entire time! SCORE for Mama for planning the "bestest 5th birthday ever!" That afternoon we went and checked into the Old Key West resort for his family birthday that evening. Caleb enjoyed some swimming that afternoon in the pool and on the slide - he loves Disney slides! Then all his cousins came for his family party. He had fun running around,

I can specifically remember a conversation I had with my sister back in February. My sister and I have birthdays in March that fall in the same week. Each year we complain about being  another year older or closer to some milestone year. I always make fun of her because she is older and will hit those first. Anyways, I can remember a conversation this year we had about our birthdays and a comment a patient of hers said to her. My sister is an oncology nurse and works with adult cancer patients. They said that they don't dread their birthdays at all - that is yet another milestone, yet another year they are beating their disease. I agreed with her, but never did I think I'd be thinking about that in regards to my son. Caleb Blaise turns 5 years old today. My brave little boy has been through so much since his last birthday. I am thankful we found what we did, when we did. He is proving just how strong he is and how many more milestones he will accomplish. On that day he was gi