Day 8 in the PICU: Monday, May 10
The day started like this. Me: "Good morning sunshine, can I get you anything?" Ronan: "Chipotle!" What a beautiful start to the week....
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THE CHRONICLES OF RONAN THE EPIC
On Monday, May 3rd, 2021, my 10-year-old son's life changed forever: He was admitted to the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital ER and, shortly thereafter, diagnosed with late stage Burkitt Lymphoma. I hope that by sharing his story, this blog will increase awareness of pediatric oncology, inspire others to support organizations that help current and future generations of children fighting cancer, and provide updates to all his life has touched.
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Day 7 in the PICU: Sunday, May 9th
Saturday evening the Nephrology team made the call: Ronan needed dialysis, and urgently. His creatinine, phosphorus, & BUN levels were...
Day 6 in the PICU: Saturday, May 8th
Today was a difficult day. Ronan was beginning to show all the signs of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) -- eg, rising phosphate, creatinine...
Day 4 in the PICU: Thursday, May 6th
Ronan wakes up and straight away asks for ice water. Nurse adjusting monitoring says she will get it shortly. Ronan turns to me and...
Day 3 in the PICU: Wednesday, May 5th
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...
Day 2 in the PICU: Tuesday, May 4th
Our first night in the PICU (Pediatric ICU). The constant beeping of the monitoring equipment made the night's sleep challenging to say...
Day 1 @ LCPH: Monday, May 3rd
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...
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