John's Celebration of Life Party (February 2005)
His urn is the silver thing on the table; the portrait was done by his art teacher, the photo is from his graduation. The "Broken Heart" flowers are the only funeral flowers I allowed. We had 8 dozen roses in two big vases, mixed colors. His art is in the foreground - one of his nudes. This one was displayed at the Gallery. People are viewing his condolence book my brother put together. We had emails sent from all over the world. They also viewed photo albums. I had a string of photos of his young life, framed and scattered along with a lot of his art. Two computers, his and mine, played slide shows of his progress through this nightmare. Dignity and grace.
Chuck at the Boy Scout table. Troop 534, Fremont CA arrived in class A uniforms to formally present John's Palm; he had the bronze palm award - an award above Eagle. It is pinned to his Eagle now. Unfinished business. He earned it but was too sick to pick it up. The open book at the bottom is John's Eagle trail - a collection of patches, badges and achievements.
For his young life, he had accomplished a lot. Imagine what he could have been if leukemia had not cut him down.
Photo from High School Graduation (June 1999)
Johnathan Wellington White
September 12, 1981 - February 25, 2005
Eagle Scout with a Palm
Multi-Media Artist, Photographer
Beloved Son and Brother
Of complications from too much Chemotheraphy and AML Leukemia
Never Forget
Photo taken prior to First Stem-Cell (March, 2004)
Self-Portrait - Mom's new digital camera
This impish smile and his delight at new things is how I choose to remember my lovely son.
No More "One Size Chemo Fits All"
If anyone in your family or circle of friends gets diagnosed with cancer, you had better read this - there is a lifetime limit for chemo - and many, many doctors are pig-headed and don't listen to their patients or consult with other doctors on prior treatments.
If that is happening in your case - find another doctor!
They took away his ability to fight the Leukemia.
Not that there is a cure for AML. Just a short-time holding pattern.
We need a cure!
We loose too many good people.
Kitchen Fire Photos At least it provided my very ill son with amusement
INDICES:
 Short Stories 2004
Short Stories 2003 and the Tacoma and Toyota Stories
Short Stories - 2002
Short Stories - 2001
Short Stories - June - December 2000
Stories - Sept - Dec 1999; Jan - June 2000
MASTER STORY LIST - EVERYTHING!
Well - Almost
Leukemia - Through a Mother's
Eyes - 7/00 - 4/02 ( Continued in other story lists)
Scattered Topics - Early
Stories
Working Mother Stories
- Early Ones
Adventures in Stalking Fabio
Cooking Adventures and Recipies
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Donnamaie's
Diary - 2004 - 2005
Last Entry: July 20, 2005
Journal Entries: 2004:
Photo from Pre-Hospital Party
- Monday is Looming - Kitchen Has a Bit of a Problem December 31, 2004
- My Son's Counts Falling December 29-30, 2004
- Burning Down the House And making my son laugh December 23, 2004
- How Did I Get So Fat???? Someone who writes like I do had a few things to say December 22, 2004
- Initial Notes on the Fire Inital emails about my burning up my kitchen December 18, 2004
- XML December 17, 2004
- Dig This One Ooops - they discharged him without warning December 1, 2004
- And the door Fell Off the Oven On my list of things to get around to fixing November 24, 2004
- Putting Pieces Together Still assembling my office, my domain November 17, 2004
- Paranoia When IT overreacts to a Virus Invasion November 14, 2004
- Road Rage in the Stanford Parking Lot Oh my Lord! Lock her up already! November 13, 2004
- Preview to Hell November 10, 2004 NEW
- Coming Home - But Not Recovering November 5-8, 2004 NEW
- Peeling Paint off the 2002 Tacoma Truck Can we say CHEAP PAINT JOB! November 10, 2004
- Wrecked In which mother is a mess November 5, 2004
- Sneaker Net November 3, 2004
- Bad, Bad Dog - Escaped Kitty October 29, 2004
- Sloppy Nurses - Careless Care - Stanford EGround October 26, 2004
- Egad!! Heads Will Roll! October 1, 2004
- Treatment September 30, 2004
- First They Said Wednesday September 20, 2004
- Status My son is going back in the hospital Sept 13, 2004
- JOHNATHAN HAS RELAPSED WITH AML LEUKEMIA August 31, 2004
- Never Fool with Mother August 17, 2004
- Bats in the Belfry!!! August 17, 2004
- My Son's Counts Have Dropped Suddenly August 16, 2004
- The Dog, COMCAST, Housework, Decisions, Decisions August 15, 2004
- Trim, Of Course August 10, 2004
- Relatives August 10, 2004
- Working Mother's Morning - 2004 I never learn July 30, 2004
- Status Past Day 120 July 29, 2004
- July 23, 2004
- Day 101 - Plum Jam Becomes Barbecue Sauce---- July 2004
- The Muse July 12, 2004
- Running Out of Regencies I ran out of books --- a dire situation. July 8, 2004
- State Farm Ditz Trying to see step to take with the water leak ------ Egad! No brains on the other end of that phone! July 8, 2004
- Yesterday Post Fourth of July July 7, 2004
- Plum Explosion The tree comes in - and fights back 7/4/04
- It Was A Sunny Day.... until the pruning shears snapped into my face June 28, 2004
- Water Leak! Slab House! Egad! 6/20/04
- Gravity IV Training Friday I learn to be a home nurse and Ranger gets even 6/18/04
- Triple-Threat hospital - work - TNT and a half tank of gas! 6/17/04
- Day Off Continues 6/13/04
- Day Off From the Hospital Plunging Lines Changing lines, caps and flushing 6/13/04
- A Cop Came A'Knockin' 6/11/04
- Need an Extreme Make-Over! 5/16/04
- The Naked Housewife's Friend. And Foe. Clorox! 5/15/04
- Plaky Parking Passes I am too tired to deal with plaky people and passes 6/4/2004
- How to Work at the Hospital 6/2/04
- Yucky Day 6/2/04
- GAK Totaling the mishandled bills - they forgot to bill MediCal 6/1/04
- Baked Apples - No Sugar 5/21/04
- John and Ranger The cat is cheeky and the dog is pissed and my son is eating - sort of 5/21/04
- It all began in innocence.... Fighting with FrameMaker 5/20/04
- Lustra Knit Binge - and Mold Under Control 5/20/04
- Mold Two Continuing the saga of the bedroom spores 5/19/04
- Past Day 50 and counting and he's doing well 5/18/04
- Diet for my Transplanted Son Progress to Pizza - No Cheese 5/18/04
- THINGS NOT TO WEAR WHILE COOKING 5/16/04
- Black Mold! I moved a dressor - and look what I found! 5/15/04
- Status and Cleaning the pack rat is slowly beinging to lighten the house and the boy is doing better 5/14/04
- Spider Patrol A doorbell causes panic ---- 5/12/04
- The Pack-Rat 5/8/04
- The Third Cross 5/6/04
- Dallying with Dentists 4/26/04
- FETCHING (FTP) 4/13/04
- Blueberries 4/12/04
- Freezing 4/9/04
- Idiocy and Highjinks at the Hospital 4/8/04
- Day 9 Post-Transplant Living Hell 4/3/04
- April 2nd Progress and Men in the Attic 4/2/04
- Naked - Not - in the Kitchen 4/1/04
- PratFall 3/28/04
- Rolling Along and Late Showers 3/25/04
- Battling with FameMaker - an Old Dog 3/24/04
- Another Bad Day - Day 6 3/20/04
- Day 5 - VP16 3/19/04
- Starting Days - Thursday Day 4 3/18/04
- Helpful Social Security NOT 3/18/04
- Average Joe 3/18/04
- The Programming God Visits 3/15/04
- Training Day 3/12/04
- Barefoot in the Driveway 3/11/04
- Set Up 3/10/04
- All the Rooms Moving
About PHOTO - JOHN IN ROOM 3/2/04
- Mother is WORN
OUT! PHOTOS - BOYS AND OLD FAMILY ROOM 2/29/04
- Setting Up His
Room PHOTOS OF THE ROOM 2/28/04
- Crash Cart in the Blood
Draw Room 2/24/04
- Mad
Cats and Instant Messenger PHOTO OF RANGER
by John 2/23/04
- Shopping with John PHOTO
OF JOHN 2/23/04
- I got my naughty duckie-----
PHOTOS of RANGER by John 2/19/04
- HOW
TO KNOW THAT YOUR DIET IS WORKING HA HA 2/18/04
- My Son's New "Room"
And we ate the crabs - great! ROOM PHOTOS 2/18/04
- Cords as in tripping over 2/16/04
- Crabby cleaning crabs and
stowing stuff 2/15/04 [new]
- It Was So Easy ---
Catching that black and white furball 2/14/04 [new]
- E-Mail Woes Hysteria in
tracking email disasters and worms 2/15/04
- DEADLY TUMS Don't talk
with your mouth full 2/6/04 [new]
- Unpacking the G5
The big tower gets out of its box and my son wants my flat screen 1/25/04
- Code of Conduct for Fans
Some behavior is not a good idea 1/23/04
- Cords When power goes away
- we have trouble coping 1/22/04 [new]
- Fighting With Word
Continuing gripe! 1/15/04
- The Worst Word Microsoft
is going all out to cause productivity problems 1/15/04
- My
Birthday - and No Dryer 1/11/04
- Happy Birthday
to Me Just pruning and raking and reading and cooking. 1/11/04
- Evening
Cheesecake 1/10/04
- Dog
Penned Out of the Cement - Maybe 1/10/04
- Water Heater The old
one is out, the temp tank is in, and we upgrade the electrical panel----
1/10/04
- Must Be Friday 1/9/04
- Cheesecake
for my Birthday 1/7/04
- Ah Yes To Be Warm
Cold and Diets do not go together 1/6/04
- I
Opened the Door And ----- 1/5/04
- Birthday
Prep - SHOPPING 1/4/04
- Attic Surprises 1/3/04
- My Older Son and the
Crazy Cats Tomenting the cheeky furballs 1/2/04
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