Posts Tagged ‘there goes my hero’
Partnering with #JennStrong and the Ravens
In March of 2014, sports reporter Nestor “Nasty” Aparicio’s wife Jenn was diagnosed out of the blue with leukemia, just like some 50,000 people each year in the United States.…
Read MoreWords of Hope – The Fringe Benefit of RSV
March 2009 After enduring the RSV treatment in March, and mentally getting over being hospitalized for another 5 days, I was back at home beginning to recover again. There was one fringe benefit…
Read MoreWords of Hope: The RSV Challenge
February 2009 Recovery into the beginning of January had been very promising. My blood counts were on the rise and my body was acclimatizing to Isabel’s bone marrow. I was…
Read More5th Year Anniversary
In 2008, I was diagnosed with Acute Leukemia. I was told my singular option for survival was a bone marrow transplant. I received the transplant in November, 2008; 5 years ago…
Read MorePreamble to HeroPalooza
I have had a challenging and rewarding week that will culminate tomorrow at Hero Palooza. I spent Saturday and Sunday with CAM and his family at Hopkins as he continues…
Read MoreWords of Hope – FLAM
Sept 2, 2008 August 2008 was one of many difficult months, I had begun my 2nd round of treatment after my relapse. I needed an experimental chemo treatment called FLAM…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Finding My MUD
July 8th, 2008-I left you with a teaser at the end of the last blog; Hershey Park, Blood Clots and Relapse… I am going to prolong the wait on that…
Read MoreWords of Hope – 24 Days in the Hole
June 24th, 2008: Sorry for the long lag in posts. The lag in time coincides with many long, boring days in the hospital recovering. I was released from the hospital…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Hotel Johns Hopkins
June 7th 2008: I just finished my first round or “induction round” of chemotherapy. It was a cocktail of 3 different types of chemo in various doses, spread over 8…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Let's Shave Our Heads Together
May 27th 2008: I had spent the previous two weeks digesting a leukemia diagnosis with my family, while also adding to the family with the birth of Joseph. Joseph, my…
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