My niece was born in early December. She was immediately whisked away to the NICU (my sister-in-law didn't get to hold her for days). My niece was able to come home for Christmas. The week after she went in for tests. Everything looked good. The next week, she went in for the same battery of tests and all results came out drasctically bad. She will not come home from the hospital for six to eight months, at least. The diagnosis is Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). The prognosis is not good either (25-40% chance of survival). The treatment brutal. 😔
We all feel helpless to an extent. But, my niece has two brothers. Between three households (Julie's retired parents, Julie's other sister, and ours) we're going to make sure my nephews establish a pattern/routine to their day-to-day lives over the next several months. But, we're building out a list of