My last post was from February 27th which is like five months ago. A lot has happened in the past five months.
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Drew ran his first
marathon and it was on trails – he placed 4th overall
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Girls weekend in
Asheville with Kristen and Audrey and our daughters (it snowed!)
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LLS’s Man and Woman
of the Year Charlotte campaign kicked off which lasted 10 weeks so we spent a
lot of time attending events and enjoying time with all the amazing candidates
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Moms In Training
season kicked off also raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
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Another girls weekend
in Asheville – this time we did a 9 mile run (with Kristen, Becca, and Katie)
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I met Christian Laettner
through one of the LLS events!
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Registered Levi for
Kindergarten
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Spoke at the MWOY
Gala sharing Levi’s story and our journey with cancer
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Weekend get-away with
my handsome Drew to celebrate our 9 year anniversary
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Spent a week at the
beach for our family vacation (it was perfect!)
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Ellington Jean – our baby
girl – turned 3!
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And a lot of other
things in between….
Levi’s Leukemia Treatment
As far as Levi’s treatment
goes, he’s doing well. We’re still just going through the cycle of Maintenance
which includes daily chemo, weekend medicine, 5 days a month of a nasty
steroid, monthly visit to clinic for chemo into his port and every 12 weeks he
receives an LP which is chemo injected into his spine. He handles it like a
champ – barely crying now when they access his port. It’s become his norm. That
makes me sad but I won’t dwell. It’s necessary and there’s no need. If Levi’s
handing his treatment well then Drew and I have no reason to think negative. This
experience challenges me daily to think differently and respond differently than
I may have in the past.
Levi did get sick in March
and April but we got through it with only one (maybe two) hospital stays.
Otherwise, we were able to treat at clinic. We made it through flu season unscathed
so that alone was a huge win.
Elle Belle
I’ll have to provide a separate
update for Ellie but she’s doing wonderful. She’s such a loving, happy little
girl. She’s developing wonderfully and we all adore her. She is still obsessed
with yellow and baby dolls. She loves Mickey Mouse. And she remains my sunshine
in this little storm. I don’t know what I would do without her smile and laugh –
she is truly a blessing from God. My family is too.
Gratitude
I’m trying to focus on being
grateful – for all that I have in my life – every day. To stop at some point and
just appreciate the moments of that day. Yes, it may sound cheesy but for me,
it helps slow down my mind and forget about some of the outside noises that try
to steal happiness away. To just appreciate things ‘as is’…which isn’t easy. We’re
in a good place and for that I am thankful.
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