Andy wanted to watch our church’s sermon from last Sunday for church today. I suggested we check out a church instead, which we ended up doing. It was a bit of a disaster. I’m not sure how the other parents do it, but our boys just do not behave or sit still. Jude wouldn’t sit …
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Super Saturday
This morning got off to a confusing start. My mom stopped by our room to say that she wanted me to hurry up because “we’re leaving.” I barely got myself ready and brought Levi down in his jammies. Then after I waited around for them to leave for about 20 minutes, I learn that I …
Treatment, Port Removal and the Splash Pad
Jude had his 7th treatment today. Andy went with him. I stayed behind to work since we still have babysitters for the little guys. Since it is Friday, he got to pick out a toy from the large collection at the proton treatment center. He’s been waiting all week to get the Ivan Mater Legos …
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5 Little Boys, 5 and Under
It’s chaos here in Jill’s House. My 3 little boys plus my sister’s 2 little boys, makes for no dull moments. I missed almost all of it because I was in my office working for the day while the boys all went to Wonder Lab, a science museum downtown. I hope I’ll get to see …
Another Day and More Bread
Today was another day. Surprising, Jude’s 5th treatment was fairly on time so he got to eat/drink by about noon today, which is a record. After his treatment, I went to my office here to get some quiet time to work. I was on a teleweb seminar when our visitors arrived at after 5 p.m. …
Sword Fight Injury
Jude has been collecting the cardboard cylinders from all the empty paper towel rolls and uses them to engage other children in sword fights. He especially enjoys fighting a 10 year old sibling of a proton patient.  He was pretty wild tonight and suffered a pretty bad injury during a sword fight.  The access (needle) for his port fell out. So, …
Carb Craziness
Yesterday was quite the night. We had heard that Jill’s House gets all the Panera Bread leftovers on Monday and Wednesday nights and tonight I got to see and taste firsthand all the deliciousness. One of the residents here headed up the effort to sort all the amazing carbs – breads, bagels, muffins, scones, cookies, cinnamon …
3 Down 30 to Go
Jude finished his 3rd radiation treatment today. They were running behind today (again) and he didn’t get in until noon and didn’t get to eat/drink anything until about 2 p.m. Poor guy. Other than the late start, it was pretty uneventful, which I suppose is a good thing. The boys seem to really like it …
Brain Hunt
There are 22 brains decorated by various artists hidden around Bloomington, Indiana. Today we hunted for some of them. This one was right outside of the proton center.Â
A Mother’s Dream
Andy saw the following tweet yesterday, which I thought was really cool: Vicky (@vickyyyf) 6/22/12 9:01 PM Dear Cancer I beat you aged 8, and today i got my PhD in cancer research. Take that.