JACK’S JOURNEY

Hey there, stranger. I hope you all are having a happy holiday season. I told myself about a month ago that I was going to stop writing...

It has officially been 6 months since we packed our suitcases to relocate to Nashville for Jack’s liver transplant and medical treatment...

Today marks exactly 4 months since Jackson's liver transplant. I can't believe how much life has changed since April 14, 2020. Things...

On June 2nd, Jackson was FINALLY discharged from the hospital for the first time since his liver transplant after spending 50 consecutive...

I feel so badly that it has taken me this long to post another update. Nearly the entire month of May has passed — and not to mention...

Jack is healing beautifully from his liver transplant on April 14th. Doctors are amazed by his resilience, considering the severe...

It has been a whirlwind of a week but we have some very important updates: Jack got a liver donor match! Less than 3 weeks after we...

Everyone seems to be doing his or her best ebbing and flowing through the daily transitions that COVID-19 has forced us to accept. We...

I would like to preface this post by sending lots of love to ALL OF US. We are all being directly affected by the impact of COVID-19, so...

On March 3rd we traveled over 400 miles to meet with the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for a liver transplant consultation. Based on...

I honestly didn’t realize that two weeks have passed since my last update. My apologies, and my only excuses are that life comes at you...

Considering Jackson successfully completed two rounds of chemotherapy over the past month, his oncology team ordered updated CT scans to...

So I am a bit late (life has been quite hectic around here lately), but February 10th marked the beginning of Feeding Tube Awareness...

After weeks of keeping Jack’s cancer news “private,” I finally found the courage to share our emotionally sensitive news on social media....

We checked Jackson back into the hospital on January 30, 2020 to begin cycle two of his chemotherapy. Before arriving to the hospital, we...

We are over a week into Jack’s first round of chemotherapy, and the side effects have been so minimal that it almost feels too good to be...

On Thursday, January 16th, Jack was admitted back into the hospital to receive his first chemotherapy treatment. We checked into the...

On Friday, January 10th, I noticed that Jack felt a little “warm” to the touch. He was also experiencing some labored breathing and...

Disclaimer: This was shared in a local cancer mom group that I stumbled across recently. I did not write this post, but it resonated...

On January 3, 2020, Jackson underwent surgery to attempt to remove the two liver masses (tumor resection) and to complete a biopsy to...