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Posts from ‘July, 2007’

The limp is back

After Peyton finished Delayed Intensification 2 I was thrilled that her limp was gone, and she was no longer complaining of leg or back pain! Today the kids and I went to walk the mall for something to do in the midst of the rainstorms so that we could get out of the house. While [...]

Can we give the dog Peyton's steroids?

Between the dog and Peyton, I’m not sure who has the higher dose of steroids. Buffett has to go on them for swelling in her ears because of reoccurring ear infections. The vet looked at me a little strange when he told me that the steroids would make Buffett eat more and drink more, and [...]

The 6MP crew

Today was our "Celebration of Life" with the [url=http://www.childrensdreamfund.org]Children's Dream Fund[/url]. It was a lot more than I'd had pictured in my mind. We met up with reps from the CDF and the [url=http://www.hope4adelaine.org]Powell family[/url] at 3 at a Chick-Fil-A in St. Pete, and the fun was just non-stop. We ate some food and Sandy [...]

Good counts!

Counts were good today! ANC was 4300 (that's better than its been since the LAST time she was on steroids) HBG was 8.8 (that wasn't so hot, but not horrible) Plts were 250K+(that's rocking!) She only got a finger poke since her red blood count stayed steady and she won't need blood. Because we are [...]

Ranting mom on the loose

When your child gets cancer it hits you so tremendously and I know for me it was accompanied with this complete sense of helplessness….what could I do for my child?….nothing….I can't make it go away, I can't make this one better with a kiss and a treat, I can do nothing. Then you start meeting [...]