Peyton had a gleeful time telling everyone that Rachael and Nathaniel were getting shots today. They both had well visits with the pediatrician this morning and Peyton was just thrilled to no end that someone else was getting poked today. She stood right up to the edge of the table and held Rachael's [...]

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This was a sweet picture of Peyton and Pete in the treatment room when she was still in a good mood!
Today was Peyton’s big day of the week for treatment. She never liked the new leg shot treatment, but she was rather resigned to the fact that she was getting “pokes” that hurt. [...]

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Just a funny note about Peyton’s treatment on Thursday. The nurse Cindy and I are wrestling her down to get her leg shot and she’s wiggling and fighting us. Cindy tells her, “Peyton, you need this shot to help you feel better.”
Peyton replies with no hesitation, “I DON’T feel bad, I don’t need [...]

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Holy cow, if we'd known what kind of day it was going to be, I think we all would have just stayed in bed this morning and never come out.
We won't know the results of the bone marrow aspirate and spinal tap until next week to let us know if she's been successfully put into [...]

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For those who’ve offered to donate blood when Peyton needs blood transfusions, the time is coming up soon. The doctors are predicting that she’ll need her first starting next week with her blood counts dropping rapidly since she went off the steroids and added new and powerful chemo to her treatment plan.
We set up [...]

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