Author Archives: Dana

blessings

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Dana

My doctors vary in opinion about me leaving the country with low blood counts. One seems genuinely excited and offers to give names of foreign colleagues in case I get in trouble. Another tends to worry a bit more, but … Continue reading →

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come

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Dana

“We’ve got to go to Israel,” my friend Robbie kept saying. Susan and I had tried to go during the winter, but things did not work out. I replied, “It is great to see the Holy Land, but Susan and … Continue reading →

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blessed

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Dana

The summer break is over and school has begun. Fifteen months ago I entered a medical trial to continue the battle against my blood cancer, multiple myeloma. The cancer has left and has not returned, and we praise God. I … Continue reading →

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school

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Dana

School’s out this week, so you probably won’t hear from me until August. Please pray Taylor’s heart procedure goes well on June 18. In July, I’ll have a ‘one-year analysis’ of last summer’s CAR-T cell therapy. Susan and I have … Continue reading →

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birthdays

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Dana

Macy turned two May 10! On May 8, my mom turned eighty-five. A few days earlier, I sat on the front porch with Meemaw around 5:00 am and watched the world wake up. This is her habit every morning as … Continue reading →

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