Today we started our day with Peyton at a Halloween party given by the Children’s Cancer Center. It was such a precious event, the kids had a wonderful time playing games, winning prizes, doing crafts, getting their faces painted…and meeting Bucs players Michael Clayton, Michael Pittman and Jermaine Phillips. Ok, so the kids [...]

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Peyton enjoyed the non-treatment of her clinic visit so much! Many of the clinic kids showed up in costume, ready for good times with candy and games. Kyleen, our child life specialist, the Children’s Cancer Center and many volunteers set up a fantastic time for the kids. They trick or treated their [...]

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Tomorrow is a day of maybe.
Peyton has a clinic appointment in the morning and the first thing they will do is check and see what her blood counts are to find if she's able to start her next cycle of chemo. She's been chemo free for a week and a half, so [...]

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So, I spend some of the downtime I have, when I should be cleaning my hurricane of a house or doing dishes or something productive, perusing website of other cancer children. Sound morbid? Nah, I find some of the funniest things on these websites.
I think cancer families have to learn to [...]

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It always feels great to come home from these hospital visits. Today, the kids were at school and Peyton wandered the house and looked for them, and was upset to find that they weren’t there to welcome her. She was ecstatic to see Daddy and the dog was thrilled to see her.

We stayed [...]

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