Flowers From Mars
Tate is doing really well. He had an appointment for an exam and chemotherapy with the Nurse Practitioner Angie yesterday, and all his number were good. His weight is up to 137lbs, but that’s still extremely low for a 6’2″, 18-year-old male. There is no shortage of calorie dense food here; he just doesn’t have much of an appetite.
The 2nd anniversary of Tate’s Leukemia diagnosis was May 13th. This year it was a day that came and went quietly. I guess it’s not something we would ever really celebrate, but it’s marked in my heart and in my head as the day that changed us forever. It’s the day the fight started. It’s the day our family and close friends picked up our shattered pieces and never let us go.
I had a really hard time as Tate hit the two year mark of his treatment. I could not stop crying for two weeks before and two weeks after, but I’m done now. My sadness seems so small compared to people all over the world grieving loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the tragic events playing out in front of our eyes on the news.
Tate isn’t looking backwards at all. His gaze is toward the future and what he’s going to make of it.
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What a beautiful boy….. I mean 18 year old young man! Also, what an incredible human being! We love you Tate and Sally and Greg and Scott! You are always in our hearts….every single day!
Every time I saw My good friend Dorothy, she asked how Tate was and said, I pray for him every day. She won’t be with us long because of serious health issues but I’m thinking she will still be praying for us in a more powerful way. When Dad & I were talking about it, we were grateful that we still have Tate.
Like Tate, I too think of his future. I love Duree’s prayer, “I pray that he lives to be an old man.”
I forgot to ask when we talked how the PT workouts were going.
My workouts this week are ladders; up & down the ladder working on the gutter/paint project.
Heal Tate Heal!
I’ll change that contra in Sept/2021.
Love you all.