My Story

Julie... is a brave 15-year-old girl! Julie was diagnosed with high risk, stage IIIb Hodgkin's Lymphoma in April, 2005. She completed 12 rounds of chemo and 15 radiation treatments in December 2005. Over the next few years, Julie had many surgeries and relapse scares yet remained cancer-free!
Sadly, in December 2008, Julie relapsed.

Journal

Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:46 PM, CDT


Hello!

Julie has done fantastically well since coming home. If you look at her, you'd never guess what she's been through. She continues to eat and drink well on her own, practices breathing better with her spirometer, and is even getting in a lot of exercise! Julie and I went on a long walk yesterday with our new dog, Koda and she kept up very well. She's regained her strength back faster than I would've ever guessed! Julie's blood counts have bounced back and apart from not being able to breathe as well as usual (which started when she had a buildup up fluids around her lungs, and all over in Toronto), everything looks good. She is now working on schoolwork with her awesome tutor during the week. She still can't go in public, other than outside when there aren't many people around, but she's found things to do. Thank you for checking in and hopefully Julie will continue to do well!

Please visit our friend, Cole, who is not doing so well since his cancer progressed. Hopefully his new treatments will stop his cancer right away!

Thank you!
Caitlin

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Children's Hospital of Western Ontario
800 Commissioners Rd.
London, ON

519-685-8500