I always think Jude is so entertaining and has the cutest quotes. Apparently someone agrees with me. I told HopeKids about a June 2012 quote of Jude’s and it was featured in July’s HopeKids newsletter. Jude’s quote to me was, “It’s kind of good that I got my head owie cuz’ we got HopeKids.” HopeKids included Jude’s …
Monthly Archives: August 2012
An Early Toy Day
21 down, 12 to go, after today’s treatment. Tomorrow the proton center is closed for a regularly scheduled maintenance day so it was toy day today. Jude picked a $10 Target gift card and then filled the cart with all his favorite options and agonized for quite awhile about what to pick. Ultimately, he choose 2 …
20 Down, 13 to Go (AGAIN)
Apparently, I can’t keep track of what treatment we are on even though I’ve been doing a countdown. Able quadruple-checking, it looks like today was actually treatment #20.  Treatment went fine today. I’m glad we called ahead, since we learned they were running 30 minutes behind. So we didn’t have to rush out the door. …
20 Down, 13 to Go
Another day, another treatment. Jude’s radiation oncologist here at IU says that it “doesn’t go any better than this” for his patients. He is full of hope that Jude will be cured from cancer after this treatment. I sure hope this treatment is Jude’s cure and that 5/10/20 years down the line it doesn’t come back and …
Jude’s Quote of the Day (Actually Quote of Yesterday)
Yesterday at the splash pad a 7 year old boy asked Jude what his name was. The boy couldn’t understand Jude (sometimes people think he’s saying “Dude”). When I told Jude’s new friend that Jude’s name was Jude, the boy responded, “Jude? That’s a weird name.” Jude had the cutest response. He said, “No.  It’s a …
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18 Down 15 to Go
Jude’s treatment was fairly uneventful today which is good. He had an 8:45 appointment, but it was running 45 minutes behind. Still it is way better than the noon appointment running 2 hours behind to which we had grown accustomed. Today Jude decided to get his Happy Meal of the week after treatment. Not too surprising …
Birthday Bash
Jude was thrilled that today was my birthday because what’s mine is his (and, well, what’s his is his). We stuck as closely as we could to Jude’s birthday plans for me. We went to Sam’s Club where Jude picked out my birthday cake. Unfortunately, Spiderman was sold out, so I got 30 equally delicious, …
Jude Notices His Hair is Missing
Tonight I was prophylactically putting lotion of the large bald portion of Jude’s head that is getting  radiated.  Jude said, “What part of my head are you putting that on?  The part that doesn’t have any hair?”  I asked him what he meant (since I didn’t know he knew) and he said, “That rectangle there. …
Indiana State Fair
Today we spent the day at the Indiana State Fair with our new friends from Ukraine. They are the ones with a bald and beautiful 3 year old girl who has 5 cancerous brain tumors that recurred after an earlier removal in Israel. She loves boys in general and our boys adore her. It’s funny …
Update on the Boys
Jude Sometimes I wish Jude wasn’t so smart. When I asked him to help me clean up the mess he and his brothers made in the play room downstairs he refused initially and pointed out the sign on the door that say, “Parents/Guardians are responsible for cleaning up after their children.” He’s too smart for …