Welcome!

Of course, we all know cancer stinketh. However, it stinks beyond comprehension for kids. Beyond and often mired in that stench, we find the patient with their parents and families who are also impacted by a child's cancer diagnosis.

introductions : WHO
Humans: Dad Ed, Mom Bren, the patient CJ, 9-year old twins: sis #1 , sis #2.

Furry, four-legged friends:

• DOGS: Chelsea (old female blk lab), Amber (puppy female yellow lab), Hollie (old female shih tsu), and an emergency spare aka our foster-dog, Peanut (male yellow lab & Amber's dad)
• CATS: Butterscotch (female norwegian forest cat/persian/maine coon mix), Sasha (seal point siamese), Tasha (littermate sister of Sasha, snowshoe siamese) - all about 3 yrs old

Friends with Fins:

• Coji, Jr. (Japanese dragon fish, or so they told us at the store)
• Junior(x3) and his lovely wife, Polly(x2) (a black Molly and a white Molly)
• Ford and Jeep (orange mollies)
• Zip and Zap (shiny fish of unknown origin, well 'cept we know they came from PetSmart)
• Moaning and Myrtle (Guppy couple who are always referred to together: Moaning Myrtle)
• WormTail (peacock eel)
• BarkBeak (knife fish)
• Slick Willy (albino chocolate plecostomus)
• Violet and Scarlet (corydora catfish)
• Flower (male betta to whom Sis #1 belongs)
• Blueberry (male betta to whom Sis #2 belongs)
• Mad Eye Moody (large shrimp)

Hopefully, that's all of us. Nice to meet you here in the realm of the wildwhackyweb.

information : WHY & WHAT
As the blog name suggests, we know a little about those 'it only happens to other people' kind of things: childhood cancer. CJ was diagnosed at age 9 with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia after we noticed his lymph nodes were swollen incredibly large. This blog is yet another means to help us sort out and others to understand just what it means to have someone you love diagnosed with a childhood cancer.