I’ve now been 3 days without my boys. My in-laws called on Friday and needed some Sam and Macklin time. It’s so awesome that they love the boys so much….we are incredibly lucky. None of us know how much time we have left with Sam so I think they just needed a good weekend together. […]

Well hello! It’s been a few weeks since we’ve touched base. Not because anything is wrong, but because we’ve been super busy! Sam remains his constant self….great. We’re still amazed each day that he has so much energy and is doing so well. He has periodic bouts of lower energy but it’s hard to tell […]

I hate lung mets. I hate that we all know about lung mets. And I hate that lung mets send us into a panic. I found that the appeanrce of lung mets was even more devastating than the initial diagnosis of Sam’s osteosarcoma. While JB and I were overwhelmed at the initial diagnosis, we were […]

Well, we had a reasonably good oncologist appointment on Friday. The metronomics has slowed the lung mets just a bit. The mets less than doubled since his last scan 4 weeks ago. I know, that is still a whole lot of mets…but….given how aggressive they appeared in the prior 6 weeks, our oncologist thought it […]

We had a wonderful weekend. Krissy and Tristan visited from NYC. JB and I were not fooled – they came to visit with Sam and Macklin – ha. Don’t get me wrong, they were happy to see us and we had tons of laughs, but they were there to spoil the dogs – and they […]

Well, sorry we have not posted in a little bit, but we’re having too much fun! We’ve been out and about – enjoying the summer air, the cool grass and even some of the rain. The boys are doing terrific. Sam has tolerated the metronomics really well so far. It’s been about 2 ½ weeks […]

Good few days with Sammy and Macklin. Sammy has been completely spoiled and we’ve had some good relaxing time on the porch now that the heat has let up a bit.               Vanessa bought new toys and doggie cupcakes…yay! The pictures are a little blury because they just could […]

Tough appointment today.  Sammy had his 5 month visit with his oncologist this afternoon.  While we were a bit apprehensive this week, we were feeling pretty good.  His scans 6 weeks ago were all clear and he had really been a trooper with chemo.  He’s been completely amazing all week – he’s been so full […]

Sam and Macklin had a fantastic weekend at their very first sleep over.  Until this past weekend, they had only ever stayed with my in-laws.  JB’s little brother got married this weekend (congratulations Mike and Kristina!) so we spent the weekend in RI.  Given the festivities were going to take up much of our time, […]

June 30th Today was Sam’s 6th and final chemo! Hard to believe we started this journey 4 months ago. We typically have chemo on Fridays but we switched to Thursday this round because of the long weekend. The good news is our wonderful oncologist takes her patients at the hospital on Thursdays so we had […]