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Mind Over Matter
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Wonder Women
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Gourmet Gals at Mike & Sarah's wedding, Fall 2010
I’m impressed we were all corralled into one place. Thanks Mike & Sarah for getting hitched…
Wings by Chris Cardetti
“I was on a flight home this weekend and took this pic — not exactly sure what it means, but the wings looked pretty powerful in the face of a beautiful sunset.He’ll do awesome. He’s fierce. Send him our strength and love”
Chris Cardetti
Oh, jello there
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Treatment Update: Day 1
Tyler is mad at cancer. Let’s call this pre-game and Tyler is getting pumped. Tonight at 10 pm he will get his first dose of chemo. He had a port implanted in his chest today. That will be his line to take in all his chemo friends and use them to punish. He is now warming up, getting fluids pumped to prep his delicate innards for the fight ahead.
An individual’s response to medicine is just that, individual. We have no idea what to expect. We are taking deep breaths, and thinking before we speak. There is tension, no question about it.
A NOTE ABOUT VISITATION AND GIFTS: Continue reading
Initial Updates from Leigh
Ty & Leigh at Guy and Elizabeth Perkins’ wedding, summer 2011
This post is long, but I wanted to archive the emails I sent to friends and family about what was going on with Tyler, from the beginning (at least from the beginning of our awareness of the condition).
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Good morning,
I wanted to send an email to update on a little life curve ball… It feels kind of strange to tell in an email, but I wanted you to hear it from me.
Say I am You
Say I Am You
I am dust particles in sunlight.
I am the round sun.
To the bits of dust I say, Stay.
To the sun, Keep moving.
I am morning mist,
and the breathing of evening.
I am wind in the top of a grove,
and surf on the cliff. Continue reading
The Itch
I have a story to tell you. . .it’s from “Gently Lead” . . . a great little book for children . . . exposing them to God
Itchy (could be called cancer)
Child: I have this itch on my knee. It’s bothering me. I can’t get to sleep with all this itching.
Parent: Well, it’s time for prayers now. Maybe if you can stop thinking about it you won’t notice it. Try thinking about something else.
Child: But I can’t stop thinking about it. It itches! How can you think of something else if you itch?
A roller-derby tribute from Heidi
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A tribute from Heidi Hassler
I skated my bout last night for Tyler, and attached are a couple pics. I customized my eye black (vs. my mouth guard) for Tyler. Dan was worried that if I painted my mouth guard, I may seize out on the track from paint poisoning and I figured that would be no bueno. We’re sending all of our love & support for Tyler’s fight against NHL.
–Heidi (aka Hassle-Her) and Dan
The Weirdest Sense of Relief: The Treatment Plan
Tyler on Red Rocket after 100mi ride
The waiting in the last week has been torturous. Maddening. Actually, I won’t even try to type those emotions out, because there are no words. And that is just from my point of view, to even try to imagine how Tyler has felt in the last few days is beyond my simple human brain. So when the treatment plan was briefly outlined by Tyler’s doctor last night, and I felt like jumping for joy after, and Tyler was stunned and pokerfaced, I will never know how or if our emotions ever intersected.
For those that were not in the room, here is my side of the story: Continue reading
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