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Melody’s Life Savings – part 3

October 29, 2009 Animals

to read part 2 click here (Melody shaves Grandpa) (Melody and Beth, her next youngest sister) After 15 months of treatments and the associated complications, the cancer was under control.  We just had to wait and find out if it stayed under control.  We didn’t have  to wait long.  Within two weeks there was evidence [...]

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Melody’s Life Savings – part 2

October 29, 2009 Animals

For part 1 click here (Melody in isolation) I was determined to put my college education to the ultimate use and keep Melody out of the hospital as much as possible.  There were still several periods of hospitalization.  The first was the two weeks when she was first diagnosed.  She needed multiple blood transfusions and [...]

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Melody’s Life Savings – part 1

October 28, 2009 Animals

On May 21, 2001, our newly 12 year old daughter, Melody, showed disturbing signs of illness.  She had had a low grade fever the day before and seemed a bit weak.  This day her temperature spiked to 104 degrees Fahrenheit and a thin walled blister, the size of a large pea, appeared on her face.  [...]

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