by Jan Harley | Aug 17, 2017 | My bold and brave hero
October, 2001 | Jan Harley An important oncology team meeting was approaching in which the team was going to fill us in on the bottom-line of the treatment of this bone cancer. Up until now, we had learned about the clinical trial for osteogenic sarcoma (bone...
by Jan Harley | Aug 17, 2017 | My bold and brave hero
September, 2001 | Jan Harley I was now seated back in Nicole’s room and searching within myself for answers to questions I wasn’t even sure what to ask. As I looked up from my quiet contemplation, a nurse was wheeling in Nicole on a surgical gurney. My heart leaped...
by Jan Harley | Aug 17, 2017 | My bold and brave hero
September, 2001 | Jan Harley There was no doubt about it. I had been knocked off my happy mountaintop with the force of a crushing avalanche and was now trying to dig myself out so I could get to my daughter. As I drove back to Minnesota, only one thought was on my...
by Jan Harley | Aug 17, 2017 | My bold and brave hero
September, 2001 | Jan Harley Al and I were immensely enjoying our visit together. It was hard to believe I had only been at his home for several days, because it seemed much longer with so many activities to keep us busy. I had the privilege of seeing Al’s...
by Jan Harley | Aug 17, 2017 | My bold and brave hero
September, 2001 | Jan Harley Here I go again, venturing out on another new beginning in my life. I was on my way for a little vacation with my boyfriend, Al. He had invited me for the first time to visit him at his home in Michigan. What a beautiful Fall day I had to...
by Jan Harley | Aug 17, 2017 | My bold and brave hero
Preface Sixteen years ago, I wrote a series of letters about the story of my daughter, Nicole, and our journey together in 2001. These letters were meant to reflect on everything that she went through in those turbulent nine months. She had been diagnosed with bone...
