Adrienne has had a relaxing week off of school. She's been doing a bit of homework, researching graduate schools, looking into summer internships, and most importantly, sleeping late and eating some of the baked goods I made. After last summer's internship working for a hedge fund, she's realized that business school isn't her cup of tea and she isn't as ambitious or aggressive as people in that world. Instead, she's looking at getting her doctorate in clinical psychology. We all like the idea of calling her Dr. and think it's a great way for her to go. Meanwhile, she's looking for a summer internship (preferably paid but volunteer would be okay too) in clinical work.
Tomorrow night is the Elton John concert and we're all really excited. Curt saw him in 1973 when Yellow Brick Road came out and it was one of the first LPs I ever got. It makes us feel really old but we're still excited. He's only here a few weeks each year and, because it's Good Friday, we were able to get great seats at a great price. (We're Jewish so it's okay.) Have a Happy Easter everyone.
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Adrienne was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in 1996 at age 9. She had multiple relapses, two bone marrow transplants, and a range of chemos and radiation therapies, and passed away on October 1, 2009. We are heartbroken.
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About Adrienne
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- Adrienne was very much like others with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, the most common cancer in teens and young adults. What was unusual is that she had it for more than half her life and ultimately, it took her life. Hodgkin's is curable for about 80% people, but Adrienne was one of the 20% for whom a cure was elusive. She considered herself lucky since treatments had been there for her with each relapse but she ran out of treatment options and her body just couldn’t take any more. As she said, "Though I’ve now had cancer for most of my life, I no longer plan my life around it; instead, I try to plan cancer around my life." We hope you can take inspiration from her and how she lived her life.
3 comments:
Glad you all are having a relaxing week with Adrienne home. Have a great time at the Elton John Show.
(HUGS)
Susan
Adrienne
Your school and career plans sound wonderful. Good thing you had that internship last Summer as it helped you realize what you really want to do.
Hey, even us Catholics can have fun on Good Friday. = D Enjoy the concert. I am sure it will be an evening that you will always remember.
A Mommy
PS Thanks to your mommy for keeping this blog updated.
I hope you had a good time at the concert . . . Yellow Brick Road was my brother's first album, I think! We listened to it for hours . . . hmmm, wonder where those LPs are now?
Best to you all,
Karen, Clare's mom
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