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There is no easy way to say this or to talk about any of this, but late last year our daughter Whimsy got diagnosed with cancer. When we saw something suspicious on her, we took her to the ER and they didn't quite know what to make of it. So when we took her into our pediatrician, I just remember him going really quiet and calm and I my heart dropped in that moment. I don't know whether it was my gut telling me something or just a mom's intuition but the first thing that I felt was she has cancer. He calmly told us to take her to the closest children's hospital and have them evaluate her further. So, a lucky guy in the car took her there and after a lot of x-rays, ultrasounds, and finally a biopsy, they immediately called us and said that she had cancer. Told us it had spread and that she needs to come and start chemo treatments immediately. Throughout all of this I been on a plethora of forums social media also talked to parents and family in the hospital and all of that combined really brought me a lot of comfort and alleviated the feeling of loneliness for me We wanted to share this to hopefully bring someone else that comfort or even incentivize you to go get something checked out that you've been avoiding. Processing this and navigating all of this as a family has been really hard. A lot of you have probably realized that I've been posting a little less and this is the reason why. Having found all of this out and navigating this while postpartum, also loving and caring for our other kids at home, also being in the hospital with whimsy a lot and balancing work on top of that has been really challenging and finding that balance is something that I struggle with on a daily basis. Some days are a little easier. Some days are really hard. And all I can do is try my best and show up in all those areas in the best way that I can. I hope that by sharing this, I can bring someone else a little bit of comfort and make you feel less alone in your journey in whatever way that may be.