It's been one year since Logan willingly went to surgery to save my life. We both made a conscious decision that a combined surgery was the best option for me to continue living. It was an important decision and very necessary. I'm very thankful to be alive today. In last year's post immediately after surgery: April …
Remembering
Next week is the first anniversary of Derek's first transplant. For both of us, April is a month of emotion. We met in April, Derek proposed to me in April, and we both underwent a surgery in April that would change the course of both of our lives. It is hard to imagine that a year …
Hematology Visit
Logan and I went to see a hematologist on Monday. We went into this meeting thinking that we wouldn't get any solid answers, and we were right. But, as you'll see, that wasn't the real reason. We actually thought this conversation was going to be about bilirubin, but it wasn't. It turns out he knows very …
Snowboarding
I met up with three friends , Chuck, Rob and Andy, and went snowboarding in Park City: three days at the Canyons and one day at Park City. The area has been hurting for snow this season. They received some snow a few weeks ago and about 10" in the 4-days of skiing. On the first day, …
Today in Snow News…
To my dear friends who live in or have to commute into Boston, my heart goes out to you. On the radio this morning a T official mentioned that it would be at least a month before the transit system was back to normal. Of course, that's assuming no more major snow events happen between …
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