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Category: Bilbo’s Journey
Bilbo’s Journey is about our journey and how we are dealing with having a child with cancer.
In October 2018 it was with the heaviest of hearts, we shared the news our amazing gorgeous Bilbo, had been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL).
We’ve been overwhelmed with love and kindness from across our friendship groups, our family and complete strangers. We are under the Kamran ward team at John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford. We are getting the very best possible care.
To stop us from having to repeat and tell so many people pretty exhausting news and updates we’re updating those who want to know through our blog. Godbers Travel was a travel blog, a living breathing online memory book for our boys. We see this as an unexpected journey we need to complete before our normal travel can resume.
I hope you will find our posts honest and frank as we try to give you insight into what life is like for a family and child with cancer.
A selection of our tops posts:
* Ways You Can Support a Family Fighting Cancer
* Day 5: Learning to be a parent who’s child has cancer
* Help Bilbo Raise Funds for Cancer #Donate4Bilbo
Day 316: Living With Cancer
We’re very aware that whilst things have been good for the last few weeks and we’ve been checking off milestones, we’re still living with cancer.
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 2019
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, since October 29th we’ve been a family who are only too familiar with childhood cancer.
Day 302: Learning Another New Normal
As we surpass 300 days of cancer we’re learning another new normal. Somedays cancer feels like a bad dream and other days it continues to be our living nightmare.
Day 285: Maintenance
Last week we began maintenance the 5th and final stage of Bilbo’s chemo treatment. We’ve come so far and yet this is just the beginining of a long journey.
Day 272: The Wait Is Over
In the Godber household we’ve been waiting for two very important things and the wait is over!!! Harrison is three and we start maintenance on Wednesday.
Day 260: Too Good To Be True
Day 260: It seemed too good to be true and it was. Bilbo was admitted into hospital on Saturday a stark reminder of how quickly an infection can take hold.
Day 253: We’ve Done It…
Day 253: We’ve done it, today Bilbo completed delayed intensification he had his last ever vincristine and it’s been quite the emotional rollercoaster.
Day 245: The Countdown Is On
The countdown is on, we have marked some more milestones. There are less than 1000 days of treatment left and we’re two weeks away from finishing DI.
Day 234: Gratitude
Day 234 I am showing gratitude. I’m grateful because 234 days ago something as normal as a sports day felt so far away. And today Bilbo smashed it!
