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Posted 2015-01-20T08:03:00Z

The Day Everything Changed

Yesterday, (January 18th), Redden turned one month old. That day will forever be burned into our souls since it's the day we found out he has cancer. It's hard to believe when you look at him because he is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. Never in a million years did I think we could be here. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. We are still learning the details of his stage of cancer, but right now we know it is a neuroblastoma. He has a large tumor in his abdomen and several other small tumors. The foreseeable future is full of tests to get more details. He's been intubated since yesterday for a biopsy and MRI, which means we haven't held our baby in almost 24 hours. This is absolute hell but we are in good hands at Emory right now. We're learning we have to take this in strides and not look back. One minute at a time. One foot in front of the other.[...]