Kay’s Cancer Healing Journey

September 14, 2018

What a Difference a Day Makes

Yesterday morning I took this picture of myself. I was trying to get a picture of me wearing my Hope4Kay shirt in honor of scan day. I snapped it as I was walking into the nuclear imaging unit where I do my PET scans. I was trying to smile, but I didn’t particularly like the […]

September 6, 2018

Progress… not Perfection

The last few months I have had a lot of firsts. Much like a baby who learns to do new things during her first year, I am learning to do new things during my first year post CAR-T Cell infusion. On September 14 it will be a year since they sang me Happy Birthday in […]

June 30, 2018

Staycations

Last week I had my first ever staycation!! It was the most delicious week ever, particularly because everyone else in the family was out of town!! 😆 Don’t get me wrong, I love my family and at the end of the week I was ready to have them back. But having a week to take […]

June 17, 2018

A Turning Point

YASSSS!!! My college buddy Val reminded me today that there are people following my story that aren’t on Facebook and aren’t directly privy to the trickle of information from my immediate family. For this delayed update, I deeply apologize. I am back in Tucson and words cannot describe the complete relief and excitement from the […]

June 12, 2018

Small Victories

These past three weeks have flown by in a blink of an eye. Our trip to Iowa for the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals was awesome and exhausting! I have never experienced anything quite like this. “OM” (Odyssey of the Mind) is a problem solving activity that provides students the opportunity to be creative, […]

May 23, 2018

The In Between Time

It’s been over a month since my last post. The day job that I referred to in my last post has been keeping me super busy. Odyssey of the Mind, dance competition, track practices, theater rehearsals, ukelele lessons, field trips, a Justin Timberlake Concert, an art show, and a 6th grade promotion!! To say I […]

April 13, 2018

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

So this new plant-based (trying to kill cancer naturally) lifestyle has been quite interesting and the exciting thing is that I am constantly learning. It’s as if I simply can’t get enough information about nutrition, plant-based diets, vegan recipes, juicing etc. These past few weeks I have been consumed with my new “job”… but all […]

March 30, 2018

The Power of Believing

I just read my first Caring Bridge post from a year ago on Easter Sunday. I have always found journaling to be like therapy for me. It’s a chance to get quiet, write my thoughts down, and just have a conversation with myself. Every now and then God will show up in ways that totally […]

March 18, 2018

My Life is a Vacation

I officially hate PET scans. It’s such an emotional roller coaster going in to see what is happening inside my body. I really try everything I can to be positive and optimistic as I mentally prepare myself including a ton of prayer. But even when I was feeling quite calm and at peace last week […]

February 15, 2018

Detoxified…Body and Soul

Well yesterday marked the last day of my detox and I can honestly say it has been a 31 day journey of limitations and freedoms all wrapped into one amazing month. My protocol started with Ty Bollinger’s 31 day program laid out to cleanse my colon, liver, gall bladder, kidneys, and blood by taking these […]