May 18th, 2012 - Chemotherapy Treatment #55

Today was a regular day of treatment. We left the hospital and Peyton was already starting to feel sick. The house we stay at in Denver is only about 15 minutes from the hospital. We didn't make it back to the house and Peyton started throwing up. We had a new pair of shoes for Peyton in the back so Charlie grabbed the box they were in, threw the shoes out and Peyton was able to use the box to throw up in. Most of it landed in the shoebox. However the rest of it fell into Landon's diaper bag and in the floor. The smell was horrific and I am ashamed to admit I'm the type of person that will throw up if I see or smell throw up! I call it a "reflex vomiter". That's me..... The smell and the sight of it was more than I could take so out the window my head went. Charlie was trying to drive and tend to both of us. It was crazy! Mainly the heat and confinement of the car got to me. I can handle throw up (a bit better) if we aren't confined to a car where there is no room to step away for fresh air. We got him home and changed his clothes, cleaned him up and put him to bed. He was very sick the rest of the night. While I took care of Peyton, Charlie went and cleaned the car and purchased a new diaper bag. By the next morning the car smelled much better and Peyton was feeling a bit more like himself. Always an adventure! We had a busy weekend ahead so we were hoping he was going to be ok...... Peyton's birthday present from us was a concert at Red Rocks. We bought tickets to see Eric Church at Red Rocks. Saturday morning Peyton woke up feeling a bit better but he still threw up once around 8:30 a.m. The concert was at 7:30 that evening. We hoped he would feel up to it but still didn't know for sure. He had been so excited for this concert!! He had been counting down the days for 2 months. By late morning he was feeling 100% better and we prepared to get ready for the concert. Landon stayed with Aunt Jodi and Uncle Matt so we had to take him up to their house and then get over to Red Rocks. Peyton had such a great time and impressed everyone around him by singing all the songs!! We had a great time.......