Ian has always been a healthy child. In July, 2016, Ian started having stomach problems with severe cramps while we were in Mexico. Upon returning home, the cramps continued along with the stomach issues. We took Ian to the doctor and they felt like he might have picked up an intestinal bug in Mexico. They treated him for Crohn’s Disease. He took the medicine for two weeks and the medicine continued to stay in his system for two weeks. Exactly two weeks after he stopped taking the medicine,...

I noticed a swollen lymph node on the left side of Hodge’s neck in February, 2016. When it had not decreased in size after 8 weeks and two doses of antibiotics, we were referred to an ENT. Hodge’s blood work looked normal and he had absolutely no physical symptoms that made us concerned. But the ENT wanted to biopsy it just to make sure and we are so thankful he did. The largest lymph node was surgically removed in early May and eight days after the biopsy we found out Hodge had Hodgkin’s...