My worries about Peyton’s upcoming clinic visit and my excitement about the upcoming trip to Chicago for BlogHer collided in my dreams.
I dreamed that she relapsed and I couldn’t go on my trip. I was suddenly plunged back into the world of chemotherapy and treatment and being a fulltime nurse and you know what I [...]
Posts under ‘Peyton treatments’
A guilty mother’s work is never done
Reminders are everywhere
“I HATE this game!!”
I *would* say that such vehement declarations are a rarity in my house, but I think that we all know that the child of the person who once told a stranger at Target that if she didn’t stop staring at my bald kid, I’d rip out her eyes and choke her with [...]
Leukemia for Dummies
You know, it’s been a while since I did this, but there has been a sudden influx of new readers who may not know what the big deal is about all the follow up angst I suffer with each monthly oncology visit for Peyton.
So, here’s a quick “Cliff Notes to Peyton and Leukemia”.
Peyton’s first hospital [...]
Anatomy of a nervous breakdown
Since the moment Peyton was diagnosed with Leukemia we were taught that everything in our lives depended on one piece of paper.
Counts.
It told us if she needed blood products.
It told us how strong or weak her immune system was.
It told us if her liver wasn’t working properly, if her body was fighting infection, if anything [...]
Never thought I’d quote the Rolling Stones, but they got that want/need thing right
It’s hard when you come eye to eye with traits in your personality you wish didn’t exist. Maybe you know they’re there and you work around them…sometimes better able to control them than others.
Friends and I have talked about the effort it takes to teach our kids, and especially our ones who are sick, to [...]
