{"id":1,"name":"Katherine","url":"http:\/\/katherinemalmo.com\/blog","description":"Hi I\u2019m Katherine; I\u2019m a competitive sailor with a gap between my front teeth and especially good plaque-reducing saliva (not a single cavity). I\u2019m the author of a book titled \u201cWho in this Room,\u201d but don\u2019t even try to buy it because you can\u2019t. \r\n\r\nI\u2019m the Norwegian-American mother of an Africa-American two-year-old who loves Curious George, brushing her teeth and washing her hands. I\u2019m married to Paul, an extremely likeable software engineer with a fondness for roadside furniture and a habit of whistling in his sleep. We have a sweet dog named Norah who has rocks in her head.  \r\n\r\nIn 2005, at the age of 31, I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Statistically, I was given a 10% chance of living five years. Over the next six months I received 154 shots, ingested 510 pills, and spent 140 hours sitting in the green vinyl recliner receiving nearly two gallons of intravenous medicine\/poison. I followed chemo with a bi-lateral mastectomy chaser and washed it all down with six weeks of radiation. Nearly a year after I started, I was declared cancer free and kicked from the sanitized nest of the oncology ward into the blaring sun of life. On May 20, 2010 I will have lived five years past my diagnosis. \r\n\r\nThese days I am what my sister calls self-sustaining high-maintenance. It\u2019s hard work keeping this complicated piece of machinery running. I take a handful of vitamins twice a day; I adhere to a special diet devoid of gluten and soy. I drink tea, distilled water, almond milk and sake (exclusively but never together). I used to be the person who would roll her eyes at the person I have become. \r\n\r\nIn spite of how all this sounds, this blog is not about cancer. Here\u2019s what it IS about.","link":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","slug":"admin","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f21ad107f44d529931d55b5bbcfdc468?s=24&d=blank&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f21ad107f44d529931d55b5bbcfdc468?s=48&d=blank&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f21ad107f44d529931d55b5bbcfdc468?s=96&d=blank&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}