Big Time Adulting

April 11, 2017   FOOF Definition: Animal of spirit, commonly referred to as “spirit animal”. Other names include Foofie, Foo Foo, Foof-a-loof, Foofie-loofies, Fayser, Fayser the laser. With my writing focused totally on Calum, many people have questioned and wondered how Faye is doing through all this. My response is mostly just: “She’s great. She’s [...]

March 30, 2017 So, we are two treatments into the latest cycle and, thus far, Calum has not complained of feeling sick, which hopefully means he is feeling relatively well. Deciphering information from a three-year-old, for me, is like trying to understand someone speaking Spanish. I heard the words and I understood a lot of [...]

March 7, 2017 The last couple of weeks have been a welcomed break from the intensity of the first two months of treatment. Somewhat abruptly, Calum’s appetite, energy and spirits have returned to normal. If you didn’t know he has cancer, you’d never know he has cancer. He’s been fucking stuff up around the house [...]

January 31, 2017 It was a huge day. After waiting all through the weekend for Monday to come when we were supposed to get results of Calum's bone marrow aspirate, we got no news from the doctor. My mind was racing thinking of all possible scenarios. I convinced myself that no news meant bad news. [...]

January 27, 2017 This morning Mike and I brought Calum to the hospital for a very important procedure. At the end of the first month of treatment, another bone marrow aspirate is performed, which was to give us the clearest picture to date as to how treatment has worked thus far, and, most importantly, how [...]

January 14, 2017 It had been two and a half weeks since receiving our son's diagnosis, and we had stayed in two hospitals, moved in and out of a city apartment and, finally, back home. It was a whirlwind of transitions, but every week was a little easier emotionally. Coming home was nice because we [...]

December 30, 2016 Calum didn't seem quite himself for a couple months and, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, he had been sick with a cough and a respiratory virus, which is pretty normal for winter but, in the back of my mind, something very serious was transpiring. He was so pale and had [...]