{"id":191,"date":"2025-11-03T17:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforsam\/?p=191"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:45:25","slug":"the-view-from-day-436-gratitude-growth-and-new-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforsam\/2025\/11\/03\/the-view-from-day-436-gratitude-growth-and-new-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"The View from Day 436: Gratitude, Growth, and New Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 436 of Sam\u2019s Leukemia Journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 221 Post Transplant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2025 holiday season finds Sam and our family at the summit of a long, tumultuous journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sam\u2019s transplant gifted him with renewed health and restored confidence in a future of happiness and possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of September, Sam\u2019s bone marrow analysis showed that he remains cancer free! We now focus on establishing new weekly routines, managing daily medications, and discovering a new sense of normalcy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, Sam is finishing the first semester of his junior year through online school, spending quality time with family and friends and learning how to drive a stick shift. Sam even played basketball and held his newborn cousin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been 14 months since Sam\u2019s diagnosis and 7 months since his bone marrow transplant. 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