Day 365 - wow, it's been a year..

What a year it's been.  It was a year ago that we first diagnosed Ryan with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  I remember sitting in the ER at Benefis, wondering what was going on with Ryan.  I remember sitting in the waiting room, googling his symptoms and having the first result as Leukemia.  I remember immediately dismissing that possibility, since there was no way that we would have cancer... 

There is no way we could have predicted all that has occurred since that night.  We are so amazingly grateful that Ryan reacted so well to the treatment.  Especially taking into account his transplant, we knew that this diagnosis would change our world.  Even with our strange complications and our delays, we have always had faith that things would work out.  Somehow, we have survived this trial so far, and I believe we will be stronger because of it.  We still have a long way to go, but we are still here and doing okay...

Thank you so much to all of our friends and family, for your support and your prayers and your understanding.

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  1. Lois HillApril 20, 2018 at 11:58 PM

    What a year it has been for all of you. But with your faith and all the prayers from all over the country (people that know and love you and folks that don't even know you) and great medical staff/hospital Ryan has come a long ways and there IS a light at the end of this long road :)
    LUV U all

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