Bittersweet Days

Bittersweet Days

 We took the children ‘to visit’ my Dads grave site on the 4th of July.  Jalen and Mireya were young when my father died, but they have great memories of the time they spent with him.  I was several weeks pregnant with Makinley at the time he passed, but...
Basketball and Bullies

Basketball and Bullies

Jalen’s new favorite past time is basketball.  From early rise to late in the evening you can likely find Jalen outside shooting baskets or playing a game with friends.  During our last library visit, Jalen checked out several basketball books, so he could...
July 6th

July 6th

New Birthday Celebration – 1 year ago Today marks the One Year Anniversary of Mireya’s bone marrow transplant.  Her ‘new’ birthday medically speaking.  Celebrating this day is bittersweet as we are preparing to repeat the transplant process in...
Second Time Around

Second Time Around

This weeks appointment was a tough one.  We’ve been holding out for Mireya’s body to make a turn around, but an additional chimerism test and the downward trending of her counts show her graft is failing. We were hoping to avoid a second transplant, but...