Hello to all from Children's Hospital Oakland, California To it still difficult to grasp that we are actually here...hearing this news...living in this new world. Kristin's official diagnosis is ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA precursor b. This is very treatable form of cancer. She is enrolled in a cutting edge program for treating A.L.L.. All of us here are very optimistic. She is under the care of amazing Doctors and the recipient of the miracles of modern medicine. It will be a very rough 2 years or so, but she will survive. Thus far, we have been on the fast track. This is an amazing institution and we are very, very fortunate to be here. Nothing short of kindness and compassion have been shown to us from the very beginning. Upon our arrival on Monday, she has undergone a bone marrow biopsy, 2 lunbar punctures, echo cardiogram, chest x-ray, broviac cath . placement, and numerous pokes and prods. She received her first chemo treatment; injected into the spinal fluid, Wednes...
Kristin planned and arranged to have friends over for the big game. Evidently she is quite the little party planner. They all had a good time and enjoyed all their junk food and having the house to themselves. They even cleand up! I am grateful for these young people and their friendships. Little do they know how much they can help when it comes to the healing process. Then again, do we ever really know the far reaching depth that friendships really have on the human spirit and it's innate ability to heal?+of+fallwinterballoakland+003.jpg)
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