Why good medical news can still feel scary when you’ve lived through heart failure Friday, I walked into my cardiology follow-up feeling pretty confident. I’ve been feeling really good. Like… good-good. More energy. More good days than hard ones. That stretch where you finally start to exhale and think, “Okay… maybe we’re steady.” So I expected a normal appointment. Maybe a “keep doing what you’re doing.” Maybe a small adjustment. But what I heard instead? I was not ready for

Some seasons in caregiving feel like you’re holding your breath… and then finally letting out a slow exhale when you hear, “He’s doing okay.” That’s where we are right now. Louis had another round of scans this fall. The good news? Most of the swollen lymph nodes in his body have stayed the same or gotten smaller. The only change was under his left arm, where the nodes got bigger — so his doctor did a biopsy to check everything. The biopsy confirmed his CLL is still present,

I thought I was ready. After weeks of battling a lung infection, the flu, and a rough patch of AFib (atrial fibrillation), I had my mind...