Monthly Archives: August 2017

Noah and I had a big heart to heart about writing tonight :)

I took Noah out to dinner tonight, just the two of us, so we could have a big heart to heart about writing… I told him I wanted him to write one book per school year, so by the time … Continue reading

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This Actino infection is the nightmare that’s never ending

I’ve had a lot of infections in my life, the worst of course being Lyme Disease, but I think I found a new King of Bad Infections…

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A cancer treatment that one expert called the ‘most exciting thing I’ve seen in my lifetime’ just got approved

Immunotherapy cancer treatment is definitely the future of cancer treatment…one day potentially all cancers will be treated this way, physicians will just biopsy a few cells of it, then lab technicians will design immune cells just for that specific cancer. … Continue reading

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An old picture of Noah with a sinus infection…

I’ve been going through all boxes today, and I stumbled upon this photo I took a long time ago, of Noah being a happy toddler with no fever, nothing, but with green gooey mucus coming out of his nose… He … Continue reading

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I found a super old hospital band with your name on it :)

I’ve been going through boxes of old stuff (after hurting my back in the last move, I’ve vowed to go through my mounds of junk 🙄), and I stumbled on this old wrist band–I can’t even remember what this could … Continue reading

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I also found this too :)

I forgot Noah went through a phase when he was younger when he called me Tara…I never minded. I told him he was welcome to call me Tara like everyone else, but, he was the only one who could call … Continue reading

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Rebecca from Dr. Wong’s office called me–I guess the results are in

I’ll call Dr. Wong’s office in the morning, but I’d rather not go back there unless I absolutely have to, because I don’t want to deal with people who are not taking our case seriously right now…I don’t mean that … Continue reading

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Can you submit my actino case to grand rounds?

“Immune deficient patient cultured positive to actinomyces and streptococcus in November 2015, a complication from the removal of an inflamed salivary gland. Current standard treatment is Penicillin for a year, however due to patients pre-existing immune deficiency, two years of … Continue reading

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Wow. My short term memory is dramatically bad

You were right about my short term memory right now…I just had a scary experience, where I walked into the kitchen then had *no* idea why I walked in there. I stared at everything, could not remember, so I retraced … Continue reading

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Ouch. I need to ease into this walking every day thing…

After walking intensely for over two hours yesterday, I woke up today literally feeling like my entire body was a solid piece of wood. I was sore in places I didn’t know existed and i felt like it was painful … Continue reading

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