I didn’t really have a reason to post a September medical update, since the only thing that happened was the MRI, which I had already written about. Time has also been an issue with getting some writing done. I was surprised at how challenging the months of September and beginning of October were for me. […]
MRI Day 9-3-14
Josiah had his MRI on September 3rd and everything looked great! We started the day a little after 5am in hopes that Josiah would eat a little something before the “no food or drink” rule. He did drink chocolate milk, but was adamant about not eating. He enjoyed getting water from the fridge, which is […]
July Medical Update
JULY MEDICAL UPDATE During the week of July 14th, we had noticed that Josiah was beginning to shake his head more to focus on what he was seeing/looking at. We also noticed more nystagmus (eye movement) in his eyes. We continued to see it as the week went on, and others noticed as well. This […]
Ketogenic Diet
I have mentioned before that we have been considering having our family start a special diet for Josiah to help fight his tumor. We have changed our diet quite a bit over the last year and a half, but we have certainly not been consistent. Our general template for diet was the Paleo diet, which […]
Next Steps
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 We were hoping that today was going to be Josiah’s last chemo treatment. We were very disappointed to find out that his counts came back too low to receive treatment. Hopefully his counts will be up and next Monday can be his last treatment! The moment we walked into the clinic […]