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Savannah's Story 
Savannah Elizabeth Olson
June 27, 1997 - March 27, 2004
Welcome friends, family and new visitors to Savannah's web page. Her mom and dad have developed this page to provide updates on her courageous battle with Wilm's Tumor, diagnosed Stage 2 / unfavorable histiology-diffused anaplasia on December 11, 2000. Savannah relapsed to her right lung on September 12, 2002. Just two months after successfully completing relapse treatment (and two stem cell transplants!), Savannah relapsed again to her right lung on June 13, 2003, and then again on December 14, 2003.
Journal
Monday, December 8, 2008 8:38 PM CST Well, I have been studying my head off for finals the next 2 weeks. (My neck needs some serious massaging - but who said law school would be easy.)
Though I spent 8 hours today studying full force, a moment didn't pass where I didn't think about where we were 8 years ago today. Sigh... Savannah's diagnosis. 8 years ago, really? In some ways it seems like yesterday and in others it seems like years. I suppose it seems so long ago in one way, because it has been over 4 years since we last touched our sweet baby.
Y'know...parents never stop grieving the loss of a child. NEVER. Even when we seem ok...it's there. Of course, many occasions bring it all to surface --- milestones in "if she were alive today she would be [riding a two-wheeler-- fill in blank]" or your surviving child's milestones: "I wish Savannah were here to see Jasmin [get her Bible-- fill in blank]" plus there are holidays, 1st days of school, birthdays, anniversaries (death, diagnosis, relapse, surgeries), dance recitals...you get the point.
The thing of it is you learn to live with it. You realize who you are today is a reflection of being that's child parent -- loving her, caring for her, laughing with her, touching her and battling with her. You know you have not only survived since she left you but that in finding a way to live with her death, you found a way to make life good despite all the pain. And isn't that what she did when she was alive?
I love you and miss you, Oobs. Every day. Every moment.
Mommy
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