Nursing degree 6/26/17

6/26/17 Wil's surgery went as smoothly as possible. I still believe that the phrase "routine procedures" should never be a thing cause they may be routine for medical personnel but they are never "routine" for the patient or the people who love them, especially when it involves needles in my kid's spine! They ran a few new tests when he was under and we will get the results in a few days.

He will be going to the cancer clinic four days a week this month. He received three new chemos today, so I have new lists of reactions to watch for from these poisons they are putting in my #babybear 's body to kill the leukemia cells.

Wil came home with a backpack of fluids attached to his port after #mamabear received training on flushing lines, accessing ports, hooking up IV lines, programming pumps, etc...as I told my sisters PEOPLE GO TO SCHOOL FOR THIS! Like I can remember the first mom I saw at the cancer center with her little boy walking around with his backpack... the pain in her eyes was so real I could feel it... NOW I get it...ugh

I'm pretty sure I now have a nursing degree to go with my pharmacy degree ...much love for those that take care of others. And I now have a very clear picture of why mamabears who have "been there done that" say to get out if you can on your down week because the "on" weeks suck.

I'm sure there are plenty of #wilswarriors I'm supposed to be thanking but my brain is full. Congrats to Wil's soccer team that won the U17 US regional cup today in Chicago, WTG Boys!

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Sorry that I have not updated here as I can not do it from my phone. Wil was in the hospital 2 weeks in April and then on his Make a Wish trip the first week of May. Please follow Wil's story on facebook "Wil Ohler's fight with leukemia #wilswarriors" https://www.facebook.com/Wil-Ohlers-fight-with-leukemia-wilswarriors-174102950041537/

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