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Better living through chemicals

December 31st, 2008 · 18 Comments

Dear Company-That-Manufactures-Robitussin-with-Codiene,
I truly want to extend my deepest regards and heartfelt thanks for the unexpected joy you’ve brought into my life.
I recently (last night) was on the road for over eight hours driving from Florida to Alabama.  As my daughter has your product prescribed, I planned to give her a dose to knock her butt [...]

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Tags: Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Peyton · location location location · parenting is harder than it looks · rachael · side effects · things our kids do · we are a little crazy

Swimming in the pink

December 18th, 2008 · 6 Comments

This whole post was supposed to be about Peyton’s surgery.  Her port was scheduled to come out and I had planned to spend an anxious night, dreading and worrying about all the possibilities.
But the surgery was postponed because Peyton developed pink eye.
Yeah. Pink eye.  We can get through cancer and chemotherapy, radiation and infections…pink eye [...]

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Tags: Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Peyton · Peyton treatments · blogger stuff · chemotherapy · events and happenings · side effects · we are a little crazy

Ok, now I’m starting to get in the mood

December 11th, 2008 · 16 Comments

Not feeling the Christmas love?
Having a hard time getting your holiday groove on?
Are you made of BAH-humbug?
I got your fix.
Watch it!
I dare you not to smile.
Oh, and if you watch all the way to the end of two minutes, Peyton gets a little “Outta my spotlight, kid!”
So proud, so very proud.

You’re in my spotlight! from [...]

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Tags: Peter · Seasonal changes · We like to party · Who are these people · blogger stuff · i like to write · picture fun · rachael · side effects · things our kids do

The end is nigh!

October 29th, 2008 · 32 Comments

I’m sure you’re prepared for some sort of WOWZER! type post about the last day of clinic chemo.
I just don’t have it in me today.
It happened today, though.
Finally.
Port working on first try. Check.
Final Vincristine given safely. Check.
Peyton went happily to be anesthetized. Check.
Sort of wishing they’d anesthetized me as well. Check.
Final spinal tap administered. Check.
Final [...]

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Tags: Having faith · Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Peyton · Peyton treatments · adventures at the clinic · chemotherapy · events and happenings · side effects · the cancer life

Locks of Love, you disappoint me greatly

September 19th, 2008 · 35 Comments

Ok, fasten your seat belts because this is a letter that I’m sending RIGHT.THIS.SECOND.
Dear Locks Of Love,

HOW dare you?
After hearing that multiple requests for wigs from your organization were rejected because you “prefer” to give your products to kids with long-term hair loss ONLY, I am not only angry, but frustrated and hurt and truly [...]

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Tags: Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Peyton treatments · charitable goodness · chemotherapy · picture fun · side effects · the cancer life