Bethany Wilson

January 20, 2009 bethanywilson

January 19, 2009

It has been 2 years since Bethany’s diagnosis. It seems like yesterday, and yet, it seems like it never really happened. Like a dream, but at the same time a vivid, minute-by-minute documentary. We can go several days without even thinking about it; and then something triggers the memory and it all rushes back.

Bethany seems like a normal, happy-go-lucky child, except that she is far too knowledgeable for her age. We still protect her as much as she will let us. She is healthy and strong, but we want to treat her like a fragile doll. We’re just so glad to have her!

We did have a little scare a few weeks ago. Bethany began complaining of sore muscles. This was the first symptom of Leukemia that we saw before. One morning she woke up too stiff to walk. We immediately took her to our local doctor for a blood test. Everything was perfectly normal. Perfect. We were so surprised. We were sure that it was back. The doctor thought maybe a virus she had had a few weeks earlier had settled in her joints. It brought back floods of memories and much gratefulness. Life is good, at the moment.