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PS I Adore You!
I admit that I neglected this blog once our life got back to normal. It is partly because I began dedicating my time to PS I Adore You. A few months before Cami went off treatment, two of my friends...
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My little fighter! -a photo shoot to remember!
Well our little fighter is back at it again, and this time she knows what she wants. Cami wanted to be sure to have her photo's taken before her hair fell out. Her beautiful, precious hair! She had...
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!
I know that it is difficult to read about childhood cancer. I know that it isn't easy to look through photo's of pale, bald headed kids getting chemo pumped through their veins. I know it can be...
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Myths about Bone Marrow Transplant
Hello All.My name is Pat, I am the one lucky enough to be Cami's daddy. How I got so lucky I will never know. I am here to educate you a little about Bone Marrow Transplants (BMT's) so you can...
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Cami.. you're a STAR!
We were so excited when we found out that the amazing Shauna Lake wanted to interview Cami! What an honor! We figured this was a fabulous opportunity to not only tell Cami's story, but to also spread...
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Thank You.
We have had very full hearts the last few days as we try to process the amount of love we were shown at the Kisses for Cami event on Saturday. When we pulled into that parking lot and saw the line of...
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Calling all Super Heroes!
Super Heroes: Cami and her cancer buddies need your help! Grab your mask and throw on your cape to come walk with us at the Salt Lake City CureSearch walk on October 5th! Click here to sign up!Did you...
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When you're the best of friends...
This post is extremely difficult to write. One of the many reasons that Cami's relapse has been so difficult on her is because she is still grieving. We all are. Just 1 month before we got the news...
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Little Miss Incredible!
We set out for this second round, expecting at least a month long stay, but Miss Cami has done incredibly well and she shocked the Doctors with how quickly her levels came up this round! We were at...
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On our breaks
Things have been so busy, I have not been great at updating the blog. Here are a few pics of the fun things we did on our short breaks from the hospital.We had lots of tea parties while Caden was at...
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Caden is 5!!!
Another special day Cami was home to celebrate was Caden's Birthday. This little stinker brings so much joy into our family. He makes us laugh daily and he is so darn sweet. There is not a day that...
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Disneyland
When we saw the massive amounts of appointments Cami had to go to while she was out of the hospital, we started planning. We wanted to cram in as much fun as we could because we know that Cami's...
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Our little soldier (the negative days)
I titled this post 'the negative days' because 7 days before Cami's bone marrow transplant we started the countdown to transplant. They call these days the negative days (or preparative regimen)....
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Happy Bone Marrow Birthday! (day 0)
I am overwhelmed with emotion as I try to put into words how I feel about yesterday. Yesterday, our beautiful girl was given the best gift she will ever receive, our family was given the best gift we...
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Froggy's stuffing transplant
If you know Cami, you have probably met Froggy. Froggy has been Cami's lovey since the day she was born. Froggy has always been important to Cami, but he became especially important when she was...
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Day 1
Today Cami woke up with the biggest grin on her face. She was so happy for the first hour and then she started getting really sick. Her tummy is hurting, she is nauseated and her body aches....
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happy Halloween! Day 2
It was another rough morning for Cami. The nausea is stating to come on suddenly and without warning, early this morning she threw up in her sleep. It is awful for her. Cami felt pretty terrible...
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Day 6
Are we really only 6 days past transplant? It feels like a lifetime ago! Things have progressively gotten harder for our sweet Cami the last few days and even though her symptoms are all expected,...
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Day 11.. in the trenches
Things have not been easy for our little miss Cami the last few days, but she has been such a trooper! As her mother, it just kills me to see her in such pain and so sick. I can't imagine knowing...
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Day 16
It's been 5 day's since my last post and what a roller-coaster ride those days have been! Cami went from really sick, to even sicker. For a few days there, I wondered if we could make it through...
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Dancing for Cami
Hey everyone this is Pat. I know, I know, you're disappointed that I'm hijacking the blog but I'll be real quick. :) We have been so blessed to have amazing people in our life that want to help us. I...
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Day 18- little signs of improvement!
Yesterday was like Christmas morning... better than Christmas morning! The nurse brought Cami's labs and I was floored! She's got 0.1 neutrophils (this is the part of the white blood cell that fights...
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Day 23- ENGRAFTMENT!!!
After 23 days of torture and pain, Cami has officially engrafted... HOORAY!!! She has had an ANC of 500 for 2 days straight and today the Doctors declared yesterday engraftment day (they say you have...
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Thankful Hearts
Our hearts are so full, I am having a hard time finding the words to properly describe how amazing the last week has been...A few days after Cami engrafted, the hard work began. It was time to get her...
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Merry Christmas and a Happy 2014!
Well its been 70 days since Cami received her life saving transplant and things have not been easy for our little Cami. The first few weeks at home were extremely difficult. She was throwing up 5-10...
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