Category Archives: living in the aftermath

Happy First Anniversary, Peyton

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: November 12, 2009

It’s been a year. A year since I handed Peyton her last dose of chemotherapy medicine and she downed it like a champ. A year since the clock started ticking….the one that counts off the days to five years. She’s finally gotten to the age where she’s got more days off-chemo than on-chemo in her lifetime. It was [...]

Also posted in Faith, life with cancer | Tagged cancer, cured, leukemia, off-treatment, peyton | 30 Comments

There’s not enough candy in the world for this much crazy

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: November 5, 2009

Peyton had an oncology checkup on Tuesday. I had the pukes. They rescheduled it for Wednesday. I still didn’t feel like I was safe to be around the immune-compromised kids, so I canceled that one too. Now, we wait until next week to see her doctor and get her bloodwork. And I’m sort of relieved. It’s been a year off [...]

Also posted in The stuff that sucks, aflac cancer center | Tagged aflac cancer center, anxiety, halloween, holidays, leukemia, off-treatment, oncology | 8 Comments

Only The Best…Nothing Else Will Do

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: October 19, 2009

In the days before Peter took the job that brought us to Georgia, we drove north to check out the hospital. We couldn’t even consider moving until we felt safe in our choice that SHOULD we need a hospital for treatment again, Peyton would have the best options available. We got a grand tour of [...]

Also posted in aflac cancer center, life with cancer | Tagged aflac cancer center, childhood cancer, children's hospital of atlanta, CT | 22 Comments