We got to stay home for Christmas a whole week. I got so many presents - some from my family and some from people I didn't even know. I got to play in the snow and see all my animals but the best part was all four of us being in our own house together. …
December 2012
We finally had a break before Christmas and before we came back for the next part of my treatments which was called Stem Cell Transplant. My counts were real good and we didn't have to come back to the hospital for two weeks. That first night after we found out my counts were high, mommy …
Fall 2012
We were in the hospital all the time. Sometimes for chemo and sometimes because I got too sick after chemo. I said it was okay as long as I got to go home for Halloween. I was gonna be Merida from the movie BRAVE and there was no way I was missing Trick-or-Treating. Except I …
September 2012
Pretty soon I started getting used to being in the hospital all the time. It wasn't too bad except for throwing up so much. The doctor said since I couldn't eat anything I needed to start getting a special milk. It was gonna go in a tube right into my belly so I wouldn't throw …
August 2012
We were in the hospital a week that first time. I missed home so much. The thing is, as soon as we got home I got a fever and that meant we had to go back to the hospital. I was real mad about that. I didn’t want to be in a hospital room again …
July 2012
A week later we packed lots of bags like we were going on a trip. Instead, we went to a hospital that was real far away from our house. I could watch ‘Tangled’ one whole time and then a little more on the drive. When we got to the hospital everyone started talking about the …
June 2012
I’m four now. Mommy and daddy had a real fun birthday for me this year. I got to ride in a real princess carriage with horses and I wore a princess dress. They said it was a big celebration of my life because of the rock that came out at Christmas. I didn’t really understand …
December 2011 – Part 2
The next day we went to the church for Christmas Eve. Mommy works at the church so we go there a lot. All the kids prayed for me in the room for kids. They did a special kinda prayer for when you’re sick and they put their hands on me. When I would look up …
December 2011 – Part 1
It’s Christmas morning and everyone is crying. They don’t want me to know so I try not to look. They are crying about the rock the doctor found in my tummy. Mommy said they can take the rock out and everything will be okay. She said I will be sleeping when they take it out, …
If Mercy Could Speak To The Anti-Vaccine Movent
** I wrote this post in 2015. Four years and three relapses later, Izzy no longer has as an immune system that can protect her. My son, Carter, is 12. Today we spent the early morning hours at the ER because he is presenting with classic symptoms of Mumps. Year after year the CDC reports …
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