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Thank You
There is a well-known Bible story about Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding – see John 2:1-12. It’s commonly thought to be his “first” miracle. (Really? First? Did you read the 1,797 pages before? Anyway… that’s not the point for today.) If you read the previous blog post, then you know my current…
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Old News
It has been several weeks since Jason’s brain tumor diagnosis. In the two months since July 10th, there have been other world events, regional tragedies, and even individual joys. You know. You’ve heard. But, as the days pass and more news stories pour in, the old stories are diluted. The drama is over. The shock…
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Stage 3: Anger
It was a picture-perfect drive. 75 degrees with blue sky, white puffy clouds, and bright sunshine. We were headed back to Rochester after an impromptu day trip to the picturesque La Crosse, Wisconsin. The leaves of the Minnesota trees were starting to give glimpses of their coming autumn brilliance. You could smell fall in the…
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Okay
Cancer treatment is here. The weeks, days, and hours of waiting are over. “It’s going to be okay, right?” That’s the most difficult question when you’re facing cancer with someone you love. It is one hundred thousand percent, NOT okay. There is nothing okay about it. You’re 41 for crying out loud! You have cancer.…
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A Plan from the A Team
The diagnosis at the time of Jason’s biopsy in July was “suspected H3K27” glioma, also known as “Diffuse Midline Glioma.” It doesn’t take long on Google to understand how devastating that diagnosis would be. It’s a worst-case scenario in every way – prognosis of “weeks to months” regardless of treatment. But medical students are taught…
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Biochemistry Lesson
Science is awesome. It explains why the world goes ’round, how corn grows, and which DNA molecule inside of a cell mutated to turn it into a cancer cell. Human scientists are not perfect and therefore cannot perfectly understand it all, but the currently understood science of the macroscopic universe to the microscopic cell is…
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Another
The next tumor board is tomorrow. It happens every Wednesday. This will be the fourth weekly tumor board since Jason’s biopsy. And, assuming the pathology results still aren’t final today, it will be the fourth that his case won’t make the agenda. We face yet another week of waiting. What an odd sense of relief…
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the Waiting
Post-op day #14. 14 days since Jason’s brain biopsy. 14 days waiting. 14 days medicating. 14 days healing. 14 days dreading. 14 days praying. 14 days doubting. 14 days forgetting, or at least 14 days pretending. 14 days remembering. 14 days worrying. 14 days enjoying. 14 days hoping. Tomorrow will be 15. Or maybe not?…
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July 31st
Twenty-one years ago, best friends were married. July 31, 2004, was a beautiful, sunny (i.e. HOT) day. That square on the calendar marked the beginning of a new life. No longer just Jason & Susan – we became “the Newmans” that day. A unit. A family. One. We have grown since that day—in figurative and…
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Instead
The end of July has always been a special time for us. There’s a lull in kids’ activities, our anniversary, and time to let the RV stretch its wheels. We travel the country like an old retired couple (plus four school-aged children). Today, we should be pulling into Grand Teton National Park and then onto…
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