Happy new year everyone. We have been meaning to post an update for a while but things have been busy (in a good way).
Nate is doing well, is racing around, happy, and feeling good. He only has 4 more radiation sessions left which is amazing. He is getting quite used to radiation now and is usually only upset when the astronaut mask is being put on (I don’t blame him — I posted a couple of pictures for you to see what we have been talking about). Nate’s counts are …

Aaron and I often “joke” that the stress of this whole experience has shaved many years off of our individual life expectancies. There are particular moments where you can feel yourself getting physically older, your organs getting a little slower, and your brain a tiny bit fuzzier. Yesterday was one of those days.
Everything started on Christmas day after Nate woke up from his nap. A bunch of us were busy in the kitchen making dinner and Nate was sitting on the floor in the middle of the livingroom with the …

Merry Christmas! We wish everyone a very special day and hope that you have a beautiful time over the holidays with family and friends. May this time be full of love and wonderful memories. Thank you all for your incredible support over the last year. We honestly could not have made it through without all of your encouragement, support, prayers, and kind words. Every note that you leave for us is a gift and we are very thankful.
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It has been a busy week with radiation and chemotherapy.
On Monday, Nate and …

On November 25, 2010, Antonia (Mom) took Nate into clinic because we were unable to control his nausea and he was becoming more lethargic.  While we were in clinic, he was sick, wanted to be snuggled, and just sleep.  The care team decided to do an emergency head CT, with the thought that Nate might be having an allergic reaction to the cis-retinoic acid (Accutane) that he had been on in high doses.  By this time, Aaron (Dad) had arrived and we took Nate down to have the CT at …

On Friday, our day started with Antonia heading to Oshawa for the funeral service for Connor Fox. It was very important to us that at least one of us be there to honour Connor and celebrate this gentle warrior’s life. The service was lovely and Antonia had a chance to spend some time with Elena and Patrick at the reception afterward. All our love goes out to them each and every day.
After Antonia left, Brenda came over once again to look after Alex while Nate and I made our trek …