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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010A quick update since many are wondering how we are doing. Andy went back to school yesterday and was warmly received – he also got a report card and is doing 3rd grade math and 2nd grade reading and most of his scores were advanced so you can only imagine how tickled we are about […]
Because of Sam…
Sunday, March 21st, 2010Because of Sam…. A friend of mine who lost a daughter to neuroblastoma almost three years ago told me there is not a “before Sam and after Samâ€; he told me that there is a “before Sam and Because of Samâ€. Well, this is a “Because of Sam†story. Almost two years ago, I was […]
Cheetahs that play soccer and more….
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Wow. Sometimes we’re not sure where to start other than to exhale and say ‘wow. The boys are doing great – they are playing and running and having fun and Sam would have loved that. Margot and I are doing ok but ok has a different meaning now. We’re both reading books on God and […]
Running with the Help of Friends….
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Though it was hard, yesterday was a good day. It was a beautiful day and the service was lovely. Thank you to all who came, we were overwhelmed with the turnout and it was a testament to how many lives our little boy touched.  Father Steven at St. Brigids was fantastic and his sermon was perfect. […]
Services and Celebration (We are about living!)
Monday, March 15th, 2010Thank you James for the kind post about Sam as a goalie – it touched our hearts and is part of the subject of this post. We will celebrate Sam’s life with a Mass and an All-Star Party: Sam’s All-Star Party. The Mass and Reception will be at St. Brigid’s in Pacific Beach at 2pm Wednesday […]
Surrounded by Love and Family
Friday, March 12th, 2010Earlier this week, Jake, a dear friend of Andy’s told him that “you were my tutor in Four Square. He then asked, “who was your tutor?” Andy simply replied “Sam”. Our family and extended family and friends are together on a beautiful sunny San Diego day to help Sam with his journey. Our hero will […]
Running
Friday, March 12th, 2010At 4:10pm this afternoon, Samuel Thomas Hutchison became the fastest angel in heaven.
Lines
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Sam ‘s got several different lines and every day I untangle the dilaudid drip from the saline or now the TPN and the oxygen line that somehow manages to sneak it’s way in there. Unfortunately after checking the pumps and pausing them for mirapenum and other infusions all day they are completely snarled again by the following day. It’s similar […]
Bonescan Today
Friday, March 5th, 2010I am sitting in clinic watching a sleeping Sam waiting to go to Nucmed for a bonescan. We are doing a bonescan in preparation for a possible samarium infusion at UCSD. It’s a radiation treatment. Sam would be the second kid to try it from Rady’s, the first patient had great success although she wasn’t […]
Doing ok!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Quick update and we apologize for the lack of information. Sam completed radiation to the liver Wed and to the skull on Friday. Liver numbers are dropping. For the other NB parents, AST/ALT, Bili are basically normal – GGT is down by half but still elevated. It’s a good tumor marker so we hope to […]
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