Adrian is a stranger lover. I don’t know how else to say that other than he loves to talk and love on people he doesn’t know. He loves his iPad and is so good on Roblox that I sometimes wonder if the kids realize they are playing with a 4-year-old. He loves scary things and Halloween the most. Even during summer, he asks if we can go to the Halloween store. So when we saw spirit signs go up later, his whole being lit up.
Adrian was diagnosed with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Feb of 2021 after a family weekend getaway in Tahoe. Since then he has been nothing short of amazing as most of these warriors are. At the time his little sister was 11 months old and this treatment has allowed them to grow up together at home.
Before he was diagnosed, Adrian was having what I would describe as shortness of breath. At first, I thought it was due to the altitude change at Tahoe. We then discovered a lump on his neck. We went to the ER the next day after consulting with a Dr. via a telehealth appointment. It took one x-ray to discover he had a huge mass growing on his chest.
Adrian has been through the normal ALL protocol; many scans, port, and PICC line surgeries, blood clots, and many spinals and transfusions. I would say we are trying to live life to the fullest – cancer has stolen enough time and with two years left of active treatment, we are not going to stop living.
Cancer has changed things for us. We were always a spontaneous, on-the-go kind of family. We still strive to be this way with masks and caution. Adrian was in full-time day care and we all worked but now we stay home to take care of both kids full-time. We had to sell our food truck business and are trying to start life over again.
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