Surgery Day – Part 2

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We finally got to see Kelli tonight, around 7 P.M. They have her in the TCU wing, one step down from ICU. She should hopefully be in a normal room tomorrow. She does have a feeding tube, and oxygen. She couldn’t speak, obviously, so she quickly wrote out her questions and statements on a piece …

Surgery Day – Part 1

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We arrived at the hospital at 6 A.M. The Kaiser in Oakland is a maze, lots of hallways, elevators that only go to certain floors, stairways in random places making it interesting to get around. The staff has been amazing already. The nurses, doctors and volunteers very friendly and comforting. Kelli’s team of surgeons are …

The Day Before The Surgery

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I flew out this morning for San Francisco. I have several amazing friends who are taking care of the boys, while I am away. My mom, dad, and Kelli picked me up from the airport, and we headed out to Fisherman’s Warf for clam chowder and sourdough bread. It was a gorgeous day! It was …

Kelli Update

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A lot has happened in the last week. Here is an update of what is going on with Kelli. Wednesday we met with the oncologist. He was AMAZING! He talked us through the cancer, seemed very positive about a quick recovery, suggested removing the lymph nodes in her neck as a precaution, and wanted to …

Life seemed a little easier back then

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I feel like the days are D R A G G I N G by so slowly…………. Tomorrow will be a family event. My brother, Chad, my sis-in-law, Emily, and myself will all accompany my sister Kelli to her first oncologist appointment. We will get the results of all of the tests that she had …

Numb

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Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. A week of waiting. Yes, no, yes, no. Couldn’t be. Everything’s going to be fine. This isn’t something to worry about until we know for sure. Push it out of your mind. It’s not reality. Don’t worry about it until it’s reality. Today we got the phone call that made it reality. …

Family Pictures

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Wednesday night, our whole family drove down to Coloma to take family pictures.  Moi, Emily, and I, each with a camera in hand, took pictures of my grandparents, my parents, our families, and our kids. It was an amazing place to take pictures. Very cool old buildings, fun props, beautiful scenery, it was gorgeous. Not …

Alivia Grace

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Rebecca Avila is one of my best friends in the whole world. We went to college together. We were roommates. We have been through happy times and sad times together. I am so blessed to have a friend like her in my life. We even had our sons, Cyrus and Jackson, 6 days apart. We …