After 12 pretty challenging days in PICU after a 14-hour reconstruction surgery on Monday, 11/21, Harper has been released back to
@UIchildrens
11th Floor Oncology care. Harper's been a champ and continues to improve each day. 💪❤️
Any time it takes a
@B1Gfootball
referee 13 sentences throughout 4 paragraphs to rationalize a call that should not be reviewable after the entire officiating crew did not call any penalty, much less throw a black marker on the spot, you know your credibility is shaky at best.
Harper is Home! Big thank you to her friends for the welcome home sign and for
@IowaWBB
for visiting- pretty classy bunch of young ladies to come hang out at a hospital on their Friday night! 💪 Go Hawkeyes!
#PediatricCancerAwareness
💪💗
Harper started chemotherapy treatment for her relapse a year ago today. Thankfully, Harper is enjoying her normal routine of school, friends, sports and still finds time for way too much time on her IPhone!
Proud & happy to see Harper out competing again less than 2 months since active chemotherapy treatment & recovery from her broken left leg. Long road to recovery, but she has been looking forward to this since her Sept 2022 relapse- even in the south FL heat! 💪🤜🤛🤩😍⚽️
Life gets a bit busy, but Harper's MRI time gave us a little (not so quiet!) time to sit, reflect and appreciate how good things have developed for her 👍❤👍
Preliminary assessment of scans look good w/ NED still!
And of course, she revelled in her picture around UIHC too!
I went to Nick Nurse BB camps as a kid back at Carroll Rec Center. I played college ball with Nate Bjorkgren. A pretty cool underdog story for some Iowa guys that earned their way into NBA coaching ranks the hard way and are now NBA World Champions! Congrats!
#nba
#Beavers
Harper was pretty fortunate, once again, to help represent all the amazing Kid Captains over the past 10 years on the cover of Iowa Magazine for
@UIAdvancement
#Hawkeyes
Bittersweet day today, it was one year ago Harper was admitted to
@UIchildrens
and diagnosed. Wow, amazing how much she has progressed since these dark days, we r grateful beyond words
Congratulations to
@CaitlinClark22
on smashing the NCAA WBB scoring record! The impact you continue to have on today's young girls is so fun to watch. All of
#HawkeyeNation
is so proud of you! Go
#Hawkeyes
Huge congratulations to Mary Schlapkohl on her retirement from
@UIchildrens
! Wow, 39 years all at UIHC, helping pediatric cancer patients like Harper. She has experienced a lot ❤️🙏😇💪, our family is grateful for her help since 2017!
#PediatricCancerAwareness
#Hawkeyes
"I just want them to keep fighting. They could be just like me, 30 plus years later, even though the statistics might not say so."
Tom Rinaldi shares the story of cancer survivor Jennifer Swanton, nurse Mary Schlapkohl, and the impact of the
@HawkeyeFootball
wave 👋💛
@KyleTucker_ATH
We r rooting for Ahmad to continue his success...while at Iowa, he was kind enough to visit our daughter at Stead Family Children's Hospital when going through treatment
Harper Stribe and Bella Saul became fast and supportive friends while being treated at our hospital last fall for the same rare cancer. Discover how our experts worked collaboratively to put both girls, now 11, on the road to recovery:
Big thank you to Harper's teammate friends, coaches & parents for thinking of Harper today before competing at 5th Annual Centennial Classic. Watching ur daughter compete sure beats just coordinating event, but we feel the love! Thx
@AllIowaAttack
@IowaGymRats
#HarperStrong
@CollegeGameDay
Hats off to
@espn
and tom rinaldi, Harper has been fortunate 2 have gr8 care
@UIchildrens
AND b at home each weekend so far on her journey
Happy Birthday to Nile today. Out of school, chilling and now 15 YO! Look out world!
So proud of how independent Nile is becoming, some of which just had to happen this past year! Love ya bud!
Beautiful day for a bike ride around
@uiowa
campus. An even better day for Harper's final MRI and preliminary test results
@UIchildrens
for the end of treatment!
Amazing how six months can change one's life! Plenty to be thankful for this holiday season! It was six months ago today that Harper received her diagnosis
@uichildrens
and started her impressive recovery! (THEN and NOW)
I just donated to the Iowa Ladies Football Academy. My mother, Mary Jane, is attending to help kids like our daughter Harper at UI Stead Family Children's Hospital. Please join us and help PAY IT FORWARD! Go
#Hawkeyes
Great to see
@alexis_laniece
and her
@iowawbb
crew, thanks for a great BB camp! Go
#Hawkeyes
!
How they met And here's how they
4 years ago ❤🙏 are rolling now! 💪🏀😍
Special needs kids like Nile thrive on predictable, consistent routine. Needless to say, our family has NOT had much routine while Nile attended NVMS. A huge thanks to Heather Lynam, a super-talented educator, helping Nile flourish these past 2 years when he needed your support!
Five years ago today, Harper wrapped up a pretty tough 6-week stretch of radiation treatments
@UIchildrens
. She started kindegarten that week & was able to go her first morning in before heading to IC. Tough way to start school but we were fortunate her body responded well!
Disappointed in
@NCAA
, for 2nd time in 3 days, the
@IowaHoops
and
@IowaWBB
host game will overlap their
#marchmadness
games. Makes it difficult to support both during a neat time for
#Hawkeyes
. Plenty of PhD's in Indianapolis, not enough common sense w/ their TV partners 😤
A big thank you to Dr Gordon, Dr Truscott, Kristen Foster ARNP and the entire staff at UI Stead Family Children's Hospital for helping us through the last 11 months. Very fortunate!
Even though 6-year olds hate going to the doctor, Harper enjoys her visits because she knows her
@UIDM
friends will be there to have fun with her. Thanks ladies!
Congrats to
@randy_bissen
and his Carroll Tigers for qualifying for state! Fun to see my alma mater back at state, even better when you have a great leader like Randy representing the school and
@CarrollTigerBB
so well! Go
#Tigers
! Go
#Beavers
!
We try our best to not let Fragile X "define" who Nile is. Today is Fragile X Awareness Day and we continue to be impressed by Nile's development.
#FragileXAwareness
Thank you
@molokinimaui
@makeawishiowa
and
@MakeAWishHawaii
for an awesome day for our kids snorkeling and whale watching around Maui and Molokini...Captain Dan even let Harper drive back to port with Wailea and Haleakala volcano in background
Happy 20th Anniversary to my lovely wife
@NicoleStribe
today 💪🤜🤛
It's been quite the smooth ride 😬😳 just like our vows stated! About as smooth as the girls slip & slide ride along RAGBRAI today! 😳🤣💗
@DanWolken
Better? Dude, Iowa is not guarding them on arc...and WV is shooting 33% FG%! 🤦🤷♂️
Iowa sat in a passive zone and WV struggled to score, meanwhile Iowa rebounded fairly well out of the zone.
There are certain dates that stick out for any parent, June 28 is a tough one for us
@NicoleStribe
. Two years ago today, Harper was confronted with one of the biggest challenges a 5-year old could face- we are so fortunate things have progressed so well! Thanks
@UIchildrens
Bittersweet day today, it was one year ago Harper was admitted to
@UIchildrens
and diagnosed. Wow, amazing how much she has progressed since these dark days, we r grateful beyond words
@ashleyschable
Classy move by
@OsbornMitch
and Harlan, it seems our families are both battling this cancer together...Dad enjoyed all the big sub-state and state tournament clashes between
@CarrollTigerBB
and Harlan over the years
Pediatric Cancer Awareness in September is a special month for our family. Doctors and nurses like to fix things. We are fortunate they were able to "fix" Harper (see below). Please help give them the resources needed so they can work their magic on other kids that need help.
Harper had a blast at Oncology Camp and met so many new few friends. 6 nights away from home, I still can not believe a 6-year old can do it! It was definitely harder on mom!
#childrenscancerconnection
Super proud of
@MadelineStribe
this fall. She has been busy w/ volleyball and club soccer and, quite frankly, been a VERY independent young lady w/o Mom/Dad around as much as we would like. We are proud of you Madeline! Looking forward to your State Cup soccer weekend 💪
When u get a moment, plz watch this neat
@FoJFoundation
HBO special
The power of a team supporting a young child in their darkest times is not only powerful but also greatly appreciated as a parent 👍
Thank you
@IowaWBB
for supporting Harper!
@denis_foj
Thanks to
@MakeAWish_Iowa
Harper got to ride the
#fanboni
at the
@IAWild
game tonight! Nice way to finish her week after wrapping up a full week of treatment today!
#WorldCancerDay
Fun time of year, busy with activities but it is important to reflect and appreciate where we have been and how much we have to be thankful for! ❤👍🙏 Never take tomorrow for granted
Nile went into hostile territory this evening and got one final practice ride in before tomorrow's
#SpecialOlympics
cycling events! Wish him luck!
@soiowa
Please help Megan
@GustafsonMeg10
and all the families likes ours that benefit from the wonderful resources at
@RMHC_EIWI
. Please make this cause a priority this wonderful holiday season! Go
#Hawkeyes
I also wanted to give a special shoutout to Harper and the Stribe family, as they will always have a special place in my heart. I met Harper at the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Iowa City during my time at Iowa. She was a warrior back then, and continues be today! 💛
Go
#Hawkeyes
, we were able to meet a lot of neat families during Kids Day, these kids r such a great inspiration with great stories to share with
#Hawkeye
fans, we even got to see the pink lockerroom!
Kids r curious about the corn field (late planting) next door, so we will take this same pic each week to watch the progress all summer. Harper thinks her hair will grow back faster! 😛😕👍🌽
#kneehighby4thofjuly