Help Cure Caleb- Caleb's Journey

It's been a while, yet again, since I've blogged for everyone. I'm sorry - and I hope you all have been keeping up with Caleb on his facebook page. He's been doing well. He had his monthly treatment in Sept and October already. In September, he landed inpatient with his highest fever yet, 103. It was under control with IV antibiotics quickly and his counts recovered very quickly too so it was a short inpatient stay. Thank Goodness! He's been keeping busy with school, church and baseball. He is loving all three. He has a best bud in school that he loves to go see everyday :) He's doing really well with all his school work that I see come home and he already knows his first nine week site words! He's so ambitious to learn to read and I love that! He's really enjoying church too. He is a great teacher & he is anxious to get his turn to take the statue home to pray. With baseball he's doing well. He hit a home run last game! In a few short weeks

Good Charity Fund Above please find a link for a non profit organization that  makes a difference in people's lives by providing funding  to some of America's leading causes. We have been fortunate enough to receive assistance from this amazing organization & it's contributors. With a cancer diagnosis, your entire world is turned upside down and life is not the way it was before. Each day you never know what you can expect while in treatment. Thankfully, with the help of others and their generousity they have helped us! Thank You Good Charity Fund for all you do! Candice & Caleb

Are you aware that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month? Neither was I two years ago. I had no clue, until I was blindly thrown into this Cancer World with my son. And since that day that I heard the words no parent should ever hear, "Your child has cancer," I vowed to be a voice that is much needed for my son and all the other children fighting this disease.  Once you understand this world, you are saddened and very upset with the fact that childhood cancer gets not as much attention as other cancers and is vastly UNDERFUNDED. I don't know if it's the fact that people don't want to hear about kids getting cancer or the "it won't happen me to my family"..... but sadly it does. There was a day that I felt like that too and I will admit it. On March 12, 2012, my son didn't have cancer either. Still with each day since his diagnosis, I am more and more aware how UNRARE Childhood Cancer is. Each day I hear of new diagnosis', new faceb

Another fews weeks have passed yet again since I've updated everyone on the journey we deal with everyday. Caleb has been doing well. He had his monthly spinal, spinal chemo & labs at the end of June. Everything is continuing to go as planned. He is one hell of a fighter. His chemo was increased yet again so he is now on 75% dosage of the one chemo they thought may of caused his second bout with pancreatitis. He is continuing to take two oral chemos at home daily and weekly. Having him stop eating is still a pain - especially now that it's summer and we can't just run out for a "snack" or ice cream at night without worry about his chemo timing. Overall, he's doing well though. Steroid week is always a challenge for us. I shouldn't even say challenge, it's hell for us that week. I think at times I sugar coat too much of what things are really like during that time.  The emotions and mood swings and constant craving for food when on a restricte

Again, I feel like it's been forever again since I blogged. Another month has gone by. Another month closer to the end of Caleb's treatment. Pretty soon it will be 2 more years of chemotherapy.... A lot has gone on since I last blogged! Caleb has officially graduated from Pre School. It brought tears to my eyes seeing my little boy graduate with his class. It was such a milestone for him to complete. It just goes to show, that all he's been through and still going through he can still complete and do things like a normal kid. He is one tough cookie. He may of had to change to only two days a week, but he's still strives to do the best he can. Before the end of school I got his test results and on an End of Year Kindergarten exam he scored having exceeded ALL expectations or MEET them in both Reading and Math.. (higher in Math) and below in "listening", but what kid listens.. right? HA! He had such a smile graduating with his class. I am SO proud of him! 

Wow! It's been another month since I updated Caleb's blog. So sorry for the lapse in updates but we've been pretty busy this last month. Caleb had so much fun things happening! He attended one of his best friends 6th birthdays, finished his first T Ball seasons, attended a Mother's Day event for Kids Beating Cancer, went to the beach with is Aunt and Cousins, has been attending school twice a week and went to the Runway to Hope event! He and I have been having blast, making many memories - with lots of smiles and laughs! Also, this month Caleb caught a virus which landed us in the clinic one day that was unplanned. He had really good counts so our call to the doctor at 5 am with a fever - he allowed us to stay home till clinic opened at 8 am. Thankfully, both he and I don't like the ER at all :( Never the same as our fourth floor or clinic nurses. Since he had good counts, they did a chest xray and gave him IV antibotics and since all was good, we were able to go