Welcome Back!

We’re baaaccckkk!  No! Not the cancer!  Just “us” as in Landon & Family, back on the job of giving people a first-hand account of everything that we have experienced because of the Leukemia.

It’s Nurses’ Appreciation Week and Landon happened to have an appointment to see Dr. Morad for his quarterly counts check.  Now that he doesn’t have a MediPort (that’s another story, isn’t it?), the blood is drawn from his arm.  His counts were perfect, as they have been for years now.  We are grateful, as we will eternally be.

During Landon’s appointment, Dr. Mo told us about another family with a 2-year-old son freshly diagnosed with ALL. This sweetheart’s daddy was asking about the future, what his son would be like 5 years from now. The doctor asked if he could take a video interview of Landon.  Of course we agreed and Landon went on to tell the camera that he was diagnosed five years ago and has been finished with treatment for 18 months.  He also said that he remembers the sticks and pokes from the office (blood draws) but that he doesn’t remember the bone marrow aspirations and spinal taps because he took “medicine naps” during them. We hoped that this video would bring this family comfort, seeing how happy and healthy Landon is, how comfortable he is with the medical terms and procedures.

After our appointment, we rode the elevator down with Dr. Morad and continued to talk. As we were parting ways, a young man walked up to shake his hand. He said his wife and son were taking a nap at the hospital and he was just walking over to check out the office.  Just so happens, this was the daddy Landon made the video for. We were able to talk to him, share our contact information, and tell him that we will be praying for his son to have an outcome as awesome as Landon’s.

This is not the first time that we’ve come across these families. My dad sat next to a stranger at a race in Texas and found out that her best friend’s grandson was just diagnosed with ALL. We were able to share with her.

I felt it upon my heart to restart this blog, to do some updating and restore the LandonUpdates.com domain name. I will update the Monthly Pictures tab at the top of the page with most of the months since I stopped.  That was in 2009! Can you believe how long ago that was? I can’t wait to show you how much my baby has grown and grown up!

Take Care,

Dana