I just re-discovered my old blog from 8 years ago. Why did I stop blogging? I think facebook updates substituted for the more labor-intensive blog. A lot has happened since 2012!
About a year ago, on May 23, Ken was diagnosed with AML, an aggressive form of leukemia. He spent much of 2019 battling this terrible cancer and ultimately ended up at City of Hope in October, receiving a bone marrow transplant from his brother Brian, who was a perfect match. I did blog through much of that journey on a site called caring bridge.
Starting in mid-March it was determined by the CDC that a nationwide quarantine must happen to stop the pervasive spread of a deadly disease, Covid-19. So, just as Ken was getting strong enough to come back to society, he was put back in quarantine and all of us with him. For most people in our country, this has been a time of distress and upheaval, but after battling cancer last year, I just don't see it that way. It feels to me like a gift to be able to be home together, to catch our breath, so to speak. There is concern, of course, about Ken's frail immune system and his survival possibility should he be exposed to Covid-19, but overall, it feels like a time of rest and re-connection.
We will see what the future holds now. But, as I liked to say in high school, we don't know what the future holds, but we know WHO holds the future.
