Katie Strong

🚨 Calling all family, friends, runners, walkers and kids:

Join our team, Katie Strong, on Thursday, August 6th for the Bad Blood 5K and Kid’s Dash at Siena University 💃🏻 Run or walk a 5K your way if you’re unable to join us in person! Every registration supports the Wicklund Warriors' mission of helping local families facing blood cancer.

I am honored to be speaking and sharing a part of my story during the post race/walk celebrations!!

Click the link below to register for one of the following events or donate to a great cause!

🏃‍♂️Bad Blood 5K Run
🚶‍♂️Bad Blood 2.5K Walk
👧 Kid’s Quad Dash

We hope to see you there 🥰

Bad Blood 5K Run/Walk 2026 The Bad Blood 5K Run/Walk 2026 is on Thursday August 6, 2026. It includes the following events: Bad Blood 5K Run, Bad Blood Walk - 2.5K, and Kid's Quad Dash.

Day +100: Life is short, wear the dress!! 🤍✨

Today marks 100 days post stem cell transplant!! It’s a massive medical milestone. It’s the end of the highest risk period for severe infections and acute complications. Recovery is ongoing, but life is better. I’m alive! I’m in remission 🙌🏼

I am so incredibly grateful to be here, to celebrate another milestone, and to have the support that I do. I’m especially grateful for my biggest supporter, my husband on our 6th wedding anniversary today 🤍 I could not have done this without you, dear! It’s time to celebrate!!

Happy June 20th 🤍✨

Hi 👋🏼 It’s me. I’m home. I’m home, recovering. I’m processing and unpacking the last seven months. I’m one of those people that pack the night before and unpack months later so forgive me if I’m slow to update, slow to respond, slow to process. There’s a lot to unpack and I’m only just getting started.

I’m apart of an amazing mom group at my church. We meet once a week October to May. I was only able to attend a handful of meetings this year given the circumstances. Two of which, were the first and last meetings of the year. At our first meeting, we wrote letters to our future selves.

Today, we opened our letters. I wanted to share it with you because while although short, sweet and somewhat vague, this letter has me feeling all the feels. Opening it kind of felt like a full circle moment. I truly believe that God was with me when I wrote it and preparing me for the biggest fight of my life without me even knowing it. He’d been preparing me all along; every trial, every unanswered prayer, every tough day prior. I wrote this letter on October 2nd. Unexpectedly, fifteen days later I was diagnosed with aggressive high risk leukemia.

I’m happy to report that seven months later, I’m home, I’m recovering, I’m still bald, but I’m doing well all things considered. I have my family, my faith and everything I’ve prayed so hard for. I felt well enough to take all 3 kids out of the house today on my own, 2 of which did in fact put up a fight going to childcare but like I said, it’s ok! Everything is ok. I needed that reminder. I’m still a good mom. I’m still me. I’ve never been more grateful for God’s goodness.

Thank you for being here, for helping me unpack.

After almost 40 days, I am finally headed home 🙌🏼🏠🎉✨

The transplant was a tremendous success! The nights were long, but the days were even longer. I’m going home with a new lease on life and an incredible new appreciation for everything, including my people and the comforts of home. I’ll be headed back to Boston weekly for follow-ups, but I’ve never been so happy to get back to New York 🚙💨

I’m feeling well all things considered. My counts are doing their thing, and working their way back up!! ⭐️ The road to recovery is going to be long, but I’m so ready. Thank you so much for all of your sweet messages, your encouragement and your prayers 🤍

Special thank you goes out to my sweet Dad, who has been at my bedside for every symptom, tough decision, good day and bad. I could not have gone through this without you!! 😊💛 Let’s go home!

“Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper and the waves of the sea were hushed.” Psalm 107:28-30

Day +20: I finished a cup of water today 💦

Sounds like an April Fool’s joke, but it was a HUGE goal for me, as I’ve been dealing with a good case of esophagitis. It’s been almost a week since I’ve had anything to eat or drink, and/or been able to keep anything down. Progress 💪🏼 It’s giving me hope that things, although extremely slow and sometimes hard to measure, are getting better.

🔢 My counts continue to make moves! Grateful for the amazing work my body is doing. Thank you soo so much for all of your continued prayers and encouragement 🤍