He rang the bell!
February 6, 2024
I know I haven’t been updating this space, but I figured it’s only apt that this post is in here today, because … Alistair has rung the bell!
Alistair
A lookback at 2022
December 29, 2022
What a year it has been. The last few months, I’ve been feeling extreme burnout. I was tired. Discouraged. Unmotivated. And disappointed that I did not achieve some of the goals I’d set for myself. But I’m trying to be kind to myself. To take a deep breath—and give myself
Maintenance – and childhood cancer awareness
September 17, 2022
September is the International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. It also marks one year since Alistair was diagnosed with leukaemia.
Breathe, and keep moving forward
July 14, 2022
Well, I’m back. The last few months had been… difficult. Alistair’s Delayed Intensification phase was just like what it sounded like: intense. And at the end of the three-month-ish phase, his blood counts crashed. He needed multiple red blood and platelet transfusions.
Another new year dawns
January 4, 2022
As 2021 drew to an end, I had only one thought in my mind: “Well, good riddance.” To say that 2021 was a horrible year sometimes felt like an understatement. And yet… I couldn’t bring myself to totally hate the year that was. Despite Alistair’s diagnosis and the rollercoaster that
Happy news, but heavy heart
October 21, 2021
As many of you know, Alistair had finished the first phase of his treatment – the induction therapy. It was four weeks of chemotherapy and other treatment, and the goal was to get him into remission by the end of the induction period. And that was why he had his bone