I wake up early and read my notes from yesterday's events, reflect, and organize my thoughts over coffee before rounds in the PICU. My...

The day started like this. Me: "Good morning sunshine, can I get you anything?" Ronan: "Chipotle!" What a beautiful start to the week....

Saturday evening the Nephrology team made the call: Ronan needed dialysis, and urgently. His creatinine, phosphorus, & BUN levels were...

Today was a difficult day. Ronan was beginning to show all the signs of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) -- eg, rising phosphate, creatinine...

The chemo nurses arrive to begin Ronan's chemo IV treatment at midnight. Just a few hours before we had signed all the paperwork on his...

Ronan wakes up and straight away asks for ice water. Nurse adjusting monitoring says she will get it shortly. Ronan turns to me and...

The day started with a bang. Dr. Crane and Dr. Rao from Pediatric Oncology delivered the news as delicately as one could "Your son has...

Our first night in the PICU (Pediatric ICU). The constant beeping of the monitoring equipment made the night's sleep challenging to say...

Ronan has always loved making people laugh. He's enjoyed roles in several plays and has studied voice, piano and is now taking up...

With a name meaning little seal, it's no wonder Ronan loves water so much (in liquid or solid states!). Surfing and skiing are his two...

This year was Ronan's 1st year in 4-H and he was thrilled to raise his first market animal for the San Mateo County Fair -- a hog named...

Ronan an adventurer at heart and has always enjoyed time in nature whether climbing, splashing in water, or building with rocks or...

Sunday was his 6th day of fever. The rule of thumb is you take a child in after his 5th day of fever, but I suspected medical care on a...

Ronan and his 20 month younger brother, Elliot, are two peas in a pod. When I asked Elliot what his experience has been with his brother...