Hey army, Finished Round 2 of chemo!!! Well, it has been quite the weekend.  We got a call and we finally made it into the Ronald Mcdonald house!!  We were so excited.  This means that we can be close to the hospital, our crazy little kiddos can attend this really cool school with other kids receiving treatment, and their siblings.  I think that this will be so great for Kez and Ryker. They LOVE riding the bus to school.  It has been so nice being so close to the hospital.  The Seattle Children's hospital supplies the bus that takes the kidd ..read more

Hey army, Well we are finishing round 2 of chemo today.  Atticus has done pretty well, he has had a few throw up sessions during this round.  Last night at like 3 in the morning he all of the sudden sat up and started throwing up all over.  So we got to have quite the exciting circus in the middle of the night. On a super exciting note, Atticus made the front page of the Moscow/Pullman daily news!!!  I thought that would make a great post for today's update.  Here is what was written.  We felt that Shannon (the writer for the news) did such a great job that we n ..read more

Hey army, First off, we are sorry for being so lazy lately with posts.  We just have been really busy with life, and trying to juggle all of Atticus's appointments, and working on keeping the other kiddos happy and feeling included.  It is difficult not to get completely immersed in everything that is going on with Atticus and forget about ensuring that the other two kiddos don't feel left out.  We feel that it is really important to help them feel that they aren't just along for the ride with Atticus. Atticus at Pikes Public Market.  I love that Cheezer face. W ..read more

Hey army, Well, it has been a pretty interesting week.  If it were to have gone by the book, it should have been a fairly calm week.  As you remember, we came in for our first neutropenic (low white blood cell) fever on Friday.  I was so happy that we were able to catch the fever on its way up because Atticus responded so quickly to the antibiotics, and meds and by Sunday night we were fever free!!! So, from that point, we were just playing the waiting game for his ANC to come up so that he could head home before his next round of chemo. Unfortunately for us, our little arm ..read more

Hey army, It has felt so good being home this week from the hospital! It makes us feel more normal and it's nice to actually be parents and be with all our kids! We have loved making dinners, school lunches, walking the kids to and from school and reading them bedtime stories! We have still been at the hospital lots for clinic and appointments but usually, that's during the day while the kids have been at school. I shaved my head like Atticus.  When he saw me he just chuckled, it was really funny, at night when I was laying by him every once and a while a little hand would reach u ..read more

Hey Army We are OUT of the cancer unit!!! At least for this week Sorry, its been awhile so ill update you on several things that happened this last week! Overall Atticus handled his first cycle of Chemotherapy like a champ! He had trouble with nausea and threw up a few times but once we got that under control he did amazing! He walked all over the cancer care unit floor and kicked his ball everywhere!  In fact, they have a contest going that you get a little foot cutout on your door for each mile you walk, and Atticus got 4 of them!!! Its so comforting as parents to see those ..read more

Hey Army, Well, we have officially started Chemotherapy as of 10 am this morning.  The chemotherapy treatment is made up of a whole onslaught of different medication.  Fun Fact, Chemotherapy literally means to treat therapeutically with chemicals, so really giving your child Tylenol is a form of Chemotherapy, however, it is typically accepted to imply the treatment of cancer.  Be that as it may, Atticus will go through 2 primary phases in his chemo treatment.  The first phase will consist of 3 cycles that will that typically last 3-4 weeks each.  During this cycle, th ..read more

Hey Army, We are still awaiting the final results from our MRI that we had yesterday evening.  But I in the mean time I just wanted to take a moment and thank EVERYONE that has helped support us.  We have had so many people help in countless ways, from family support here at the hospital, all the kind thoughts, words, and prayers we have received.  We have gotten many fun packages that Atticus has loved opening and we have cherished each and every one of them. Atticus waking up from his 5th MRI.  I love his cute little smirk. Emmie has had a wonderful group of ..read more

Hey army, Well, the week has finally arrived.  We got a call last Friday from the schedulers here at Seattle children's, and she informed us that we needed to check in Monday morning at 7 am and that we would be admitted for 5 days!!!  This is not a place you EVER see your self having to stay We, of course, are VERY happy that we ended up here at Seattle Children's, and have been so so impressed with the quality of care we have received.  Without it, we would not have our little Atticus with us today.  Having said that, the prospects of Chemotherapy is somewhat ..read more

Hey army, Thank you all so much for all of the support and continuing to read up on Atticus's story.  Let's continue the week. Wednesday On Wednesday we got up and went to Pike Place Market.  It was so fun.  There was so so much to see and look at.  Right when we got there a gentleman was setting up his piano there and he put on quite a show.  Atticus was enthralled with it and we sat for a good 15 minutes watching him.  After that Atticus got to see them throwing fish over all the counters, he loved seeing all the flowers and got to eat lots and lots of yummy ..read more