You're a Lifesaver!

It's a new year and a great time to start a new routine. How about making regular blood donations part of your 2013? Yes! January is National Blood Donor Month, and many donation centers around the country are saying "thank you" to donors with special incentives. Our local center, The Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas, is giving away free t-shirts and fresh flowers throughout the month - AND there is a particular need here for donations from folks with O neg and A neg blood types as the supply is running very low. All blood types are always in demand, so check in with your local center today! Please help keep healthy blood and blood products available for the patients who depend on them. Please make an appointment to donate and help save lives! Thanks, y'all!

Onward!

What a wonderful holiday break! We have had a very full, very fun two weeks, so it's hard to pick a favorite moment, but here are a few highlights:

Christmas Eve at home

Merry Christmas!

After Christmas visit with cousins, Nelson and Simon

Celebrating birthdays with more cousins, twins Trace and Ella and their big sis, Ava

Birthday morning balloon release at Mt Bonnell

May your every wish come true!

A mini birthday sundae after lunch

Happy 2013!

And Go STARS!

So much excitement can really wear a girl out ...

We'll all need our rest as we've got more big plans for the new year. Georgia will continue with her monthly appointments through April, and then she'll mark ONE YEAR off treatment! After that, she'll have appointments every two months for another year, as she moves ever closer to being officially cancer-free! We're planning another blood drive for the spring and will continue fundraising for childhood cancer research, including joining the 46 Mommas in San Antonio this summer for a MILLION dollar celebration! More on that later, but for now, thanks for Keeping Georgia on Your Mind for the past three years, and have a Happy, Healthy New Year!

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Happy Birthday, Georgia Lee! We celebrated with a balloon release at Mt Bonnell, including 13 birthday wishes and one to grow on. It's a bit of a hike to get to that spot, and we thought about the fact that three years ago today, Georgia couldn't have made it but a few steps as she was incredibly weak, and we were just hours from learning she had leukemia. We are so thankful that she could make it to the top today, and we look forward to the heights she will reach in the years to come.

Best Wishes from Peachy Keen HQ!

Happy Everything!

Well, school's out for the holiday break, and we're just about ready for the many celebrations we've got coming over the next 10 days! Christmas, diagnosis and OT anniversaries, a wedding anniversary, a new year ... and a certain someone's 13th birthday!!! Oh my, an official teenager!

Georgia had a clinic appointment yesterday, just to check counts - which were perfect and NORMAL once again! - and she made great use of her wait time by practicing some algebra on the whiteboard wall in the exam room. Such a smart cookie!

We hope all of our Friends of Georgia are spending the holidays with the people they love, and we thank you for continuing to keep our amazing girl on your mind! Happy Everything, y'all!