Brain Cancer Awareness Month

Brain Cancer Awareness Month

May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month.  It is a time to share and promote awareness to those who aren’t walking this world daily.  As a fighting or bereaved family sometimes it can be hard to navigate what to share and what not to share to help with awareness. We wanted...
Post-Line Decision Feelings

Post-Line Decision Feelings

This may be the first visual sign that your child is battling something medical.  It is completely normal to be sad and scared. I wish I could tell you this would be the only visual sign but very likely won’t be. Each port access brought its own heartbreak as Mary was...
Port Pros and Cons

Port Pros and Cons

This week I am going to dive into the pros and cons (from a caregiver’s perspective only) of choosing to have a Port placed into your DIPG/DMG child. Please always consult doctors and take their best medical advice but my hope is this will help you to be prepared and...
PICC Line Pros and Cons

PICC Line Pros and Cons

This week I am going to dive into the pros and cons (from a caregivers perspective only) of choosing to have a PICC line placed into your DIPG/DMG child. Please always consult doctors and take their best medical advice but my hope is this will help you to be prepared...
PICC v. Port

PICC v. Port

I won’t even pretend to be a medical professional on this but I come to you in this post as a mom. A mom who’s had both placed in her child and had to make the decision on which one to choose. Both involve surgery and risks such as infection but that is...