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Moved to Tears by Taxes: My Emotional Life Post Cancer
Children's Hospital Colorado, Inpatient Cancer Treatment, Life After Cancer, The "New" Normal / February 22, 2016

Moved to Tears by Taxes: My Emotional Life Post Cancer

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A Denver Love Affair
Childhood Cancer, Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, Life After Cancer, Remission / December 16, 2015

A Denver Love Affair

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Celebrities, Fevers, and Fun
Childhood Cancer, Children's Hospital Colorado, Inpatient Cancer Treatment / March 24, 2015

Celebrities, Fevers, and Fun

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Children's Hospital Colorado, Inpatient Cancer Treatment, The Lessons

We Will Survive

February 7, 2015December 10, 2015

Guest Entry written by my husband Craig Harris
Jordan and I arrived back in Denver last night around dinner time, after driving all day with a family of friends.

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Unplugged

February 5, 2015December 10, 2015

Unplugged, wearing fancy pants, and free.
We are on day 4 post- chemo, which means day 4 of waiting for her immune system to recover from being wiped out.  Chloe is feeling better and better by the day.

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If you keep a green bough in your heart, surely the singing bird will come

February 2, 2015December 10, 2015

The above title is a Chinese proverb, undoubtedly about hope.  For me, it is also about carrying what is true for me in my heart.

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The Lonelies Have Come for a Visit

January 29, 2015December 10, 2015

Chloe and I had a great day.  We are spending all of our waking hours together, and neither of us (rarely) has another agenda except to be with one another.

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Getting adjusted (and sleeping through it!)
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Assimilation, Nourishment, and Separation

January 28, 2015December 10, 2015

Chloe throwing her “party” Monday night.
I’m starting to get the hang of things, here.

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Learning Curve

January 26, 2015December 23, 2015

Video chatting with BFF Orea
Our minds and hearts are uploading not only the reality of Chloe’s diagnosis, but also we are having to learn and integrate a mountain of detailed information about her care.

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Celebrating wins and grieving losses

January 24, 2015December 16, 2015

Yesterday afternoon the doctors were supposed to tell us the final results of Chloe’s spinal tap.  I realized by evening that they never came in to tell us.

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They have a person for that

January 23, 2015December 10, 2015

Meeting Allison, Child Life Specialist, for the first time. She came bearing gifts!
 
 
Part of our overwhelm here is all of the help we are getting.

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Central IV line, Spinal Tap, and Bone Marrow Biopsy

January 22, 2015December 10, 2015

Exploring the library during her second day in hospital. 1/21/2015
 
Yes, these terms (and so, so many more) are becoming a part of our everyday world.

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The (almost) official diagnosis

January 22, 2015December 16, 2015

Chloe and I after we were settled into her room on her first night in hospital. 1/20/2015
 
 
Yesterday we found out that she has Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia.

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Stephanie Harris

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In January of 2015, my life was turned upside down when my 7 year-old daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. This blog is the story of my daughter's healing journey, and of my family's trials and triumphs throughout her treatment and over the course of our ongoing recovery process. My life has been forever changed and enriched by the lessons that I learned about health, wellness, life, and chiropractic from our experiences moving through and beyond cancer.
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