Today was a special day at the clinic for Kai, his dad had the day off and was able to come with us! We left early in anticipation of holiday traffic (the day before thanksgiving) but our drive in was even faster than usual!  We arrived very early so we were able to get some… Continue reading A Special Day at the Clinic

What a perfect way to kick off the holiday season, pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving at OUR house! It was such a great day. A wonderful group of family and friends, a few of the cutest dogs around, an amazing array of food, and I barely had to do a thing! It doesn’t get much better than that… Continue reading Kicken off the Holiday season

Kai did well at chemo Wednesday.  His counts were all good and his weight was up a little.  Not as much as I would like but its a start!  Since we were gone for a few weeks it seemed like EVERYONE wanted to meet with us.  Of course we saw Christine (Kai’s Nurse Practitioner that… Continue reading many Thanks!

Our little chemo vacation is coming to and end but we sure packed in a lot of baby fun these past two weeks! It was great to spend time going to play groups, visiting old friends and even make some new ones! As much as I always dread going back into the clinic after a… Continue reading vaction’s over, for now

‘Tiny Turtle’ Kai won the Halloween costume contest at the MOCO harvest fest!   http://www.mothersandcompany.com Thanks MOCO for a great party as always  Mothers and Company will also be hosting their 3rd annual Holiday Bazzar Saturday Dec. 3 I have signed up as a vendor and will be selling baby items at the bazzar.  As… Continue reading and the winner is…

Yes we, like almost everyone else in Massachusetts, lost power over the weekend.  Thankfully we were able to stay down the street at uncle T & Aunt Kelley’s, who go their power back on Sunday! Our big Padgett extended weekend sleepover, was actually really  fun.  It was nice to spend time with everyone and Kai… Continue reading ‘Snowtober’

We made our way into Boston again today for an appointment with Dr. Rosenburg from the Zakium Center for integrative therapies at Dana Farber.  We talked a lot about acupuncture and the importance of nutrition for cancer patients. The formula for the feeding tube is something I have been struggling with since we started using… Continue reading Exploring more ‘alternative’ therapies

We did it, 4 weeks in a row! Because Kai’s labs were done yesterday we were out of there so fast today, but not before Kai did his rounds showing off his TURTLE costume! Kai was the ONLY kid dressed up today,  but it was worth it because his cute little self made everyone smile!… Continue reading Chemo vacation starts now!

We had Kai’s labs done at umass yesterday and his counts were still good enough to qualify for chemo so we will be headed into Boston this morning as planned.  I’m actually excited we are able to make it, all the kids will be in there Halloween costumes this week at the Jimmy Fund.  Can’t… Continue reading Costume day at the Jimmy Fund!

Kai and I really packed in a lot this Friday. Kai had his second acupuncture treatment. It was a pretty amazing appointment. Kai really lit up as soon as we got into the room. He was babbling and playing and very excited to see Jacqueline.  His mood continued this way through most of the treatment,… Continue reading Another festive weekend