Posts Tagged ‘leukemia’

Today marks three years to the day that Peyton was diagnosed with Leukemia.
Our most craptastic anniversary.
Over the past 36 months, I’ve kept a Bible verse in the header of this site.
It was three years ago TODAY that verse came into my life.
I was curled up in one of those awesomely comfortable hospital chairs *snort*, just [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

So, it used to be that Peyton’s biggest worries were that Dora would get erased from Tivo before she got a chance to watch it and that Nathaniel and Rachael might get more than her. More of what? Who knows or cares, but if they got more of it, it was going to [...]

Early on the second day, Peyton had surgery and we got some information.

They installed a port in her chest. This made getting IV’s easier. While she was under, they also did a resting bone marrow and a spinal tap. The spinal tap showed no Leukemia in her spinal fluid, which is a [...]