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Saturday, June 13, 2009 

An Update

This seems like a good time for an update. John has passed his fourth "birthday" and, after four years and 19 days, is more concerned about thinning hair than an illness that seems, to him, from a lifetime ago. He is six foot three and grown wise, I think, with a good perspective on life that I appreciate in him.



Courtney just graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Julliard of art schools. She and John have moved into a townhouse in Buckhead, here in Atlanta, and are settling into life on their own.




Our two American Eskimo dogs passed away of old age earlier this year and we have two sisters from the same breed on the way. There are puppy pictures on my webpage: http://www.randycadenhead.com.

Hello Randy,
I saw your post about John on the ACOR.org message board. 3 years is a big anniversary. Thats wonderful. Our daughter Suzan was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, a form of AML, last November. She's doing well but I know what you mean about the memories are never far away. She went through so much in that month at Robert Wood Johnson Univ. Hosp.
She was in her senior year at Rutgers and she did get back to school for the January semester. She'll have to go another year but she likes school so thats not so bad. Good luck to your children in their careers; sounds like they're doing great. I tear up thinking how our children are our hopes and dreams and I didn't used to do that.

All the best,
Karen and Ahmet Sanal
artdeco604@yahoo.com

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  • I'm Randy Cadenhead
  • From Atlanta, Georgia
  • My son John was diagnosed in November of 2004 with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML). Since then, he underwent three rounds of chemotherapy and received a bone marrow transplant in Seattle. This site is about his experience, as seen through his father's eyes. Links to John's website and to his own live journal are below.
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