It’s about 5:00 in the afternoon and we are getting ready to leave Grandma and Grandpa Poopster’s (Hanson’s) house in Crosslake. We’ve been here for a few hours and we went for a boat ride, had lunch and fished off the dock. Peter is still feeling great and showing no side effects of the chemo. We have become hand-washing fanatics and we’re going to “re-introduce” Ellie into the mix today. Kate still has a bit of a cold so Grandma will keep her here a few more days.
While it’s absolutely beautiful today, I must say it doesn’t feel like a “normal” Labor Day. I can’t help but to think that Peter would be starting his second year of Preschool in a week or so, but that won’t be the case this year. He understands that he won’t be able to go and he seems OK with that. He was also going to play soccer this fall but told me the other day: “My team will have to get another player since i’m sick, but my team is still going to win. Abbey (Pohlkamp) won’t let me down, Mom!!” He understands more than I ever dreamed he would about what is going on.
We are getting into a new routine, or “normal”, as they say! It involves lots of meds, flushing his Hickman daily, charting everything he does. With that, everything seems to take a little longer, but that’s OK. We are very happy to have an energetic boy for now, and one of his sisters coming home today – he is so excited about that! Thanks for your continued support, comments, call, emails, etc. We can’t thank you enough.
A journal of Peter’s journey
It was indeed a beautiful Labor Day.
I’m glad that you were able to get out and enjoy the day.
We are so glad that Peter has not had too many side effects from the chemo.
Welcome home Eginer family.
Happy Labor Day.
Love The Faacks
Colleen, Lonnie, Olivia, Jessica & Jacob
Peter,
It was a great day wasn’t it? It sounds like you made the most of it! Yahoo for you!We’re glad that you are settling in at home and are feeling okay. There are plenty of more nice days around the corner and we’re sure that you will enjoy them too. We’re rooting for you! We are looking forward to you getting better and getting out there to play even more! God’s blessings to you, your parents, little Ellie Bellie and Baby Kate.
Love,
Baden, Emily, Beth and James
to all of you, I am so glad you enjoyed this beautiful day.
I will miss you at preschool, but now you have to concentrate on getting better. Take care and know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers. Cheryl Bailey
Glad you all were able to enjoy the day and Peter was able to go also. Sounds like you are getting into a routine with all their is to do and Peter is still feeling pretty good. What a Blessing !!
We are thinking of you guys a lot and so wish we were closer so that we could help you out. We continue to pray that Peter stays well until his next hospital visit.
Thanks for the update and God Bless all of you.
Love,
Uncle Chuck and Aunt Rose
Hi Peter,
We are so happy that you and your family are able to be home once again. It was a beautiful sunny Labor Day and you could enjoy playing outside that makes us smile . Hang in there and eat all your fruits and veggies they will make you very strong. I bet your sisters can not wait to be home with you. We know you will grow strength from having all your family close and sleeping in your own soft bed . We will keep you all in our prayers .
Love ,
Dean, Denise, Blake, Bren & Tiffany
Hello Eigners- We are so glad to hear that you are home and that Peter is feeling well! We had an absolutely beautiful Labor day so we are so glad that you got to enjoy it outdoors:)
Peter stay strong and try not to play too hard!
Take care and again we are thinking of you and prayer with you!
Love,
Greg, Brenda Brooke & Ty
Peter & family:
We have heard that you are planning to move into our neighborhood — Gilbertview Estates. Please know that our entire family is praying for Peter’s quick recovery. We look forward to welcoming you into the neighborhood as soon as you can get here!!! :)))
God Bless,
The Sundberg’s (Chad, Wendy, Grace & Noah)
Peter, It was a beautiful day today and I’m so glad you got to go for a boat ride and fishing. I bet you caught mthe most fish. You are so lucky to have Gramma Barb and Grampa Poopster close to you. I know they sure like it.
I bet Ellie was happy to see you. She sure loves her big brother. Give her a kiss for me.
You have a good night. I love you lots..
Gramma Mary
Hi Peter, This is Aunt Nancy. Gramma Mary has been letting me know how you are doing. I’m glad that you went for a boat ride today. I remember when I came up to your house last summer and we went for a boat ride on your lake. I sure liked that but the next time I want to go fishing too.
Uncle Jim and I are thinking about you everyday and continue to pray for you and your family. Our children and grandchildren pray for you everyday and so do lots of our friends in TN. Have fun with Ellie and tell her I miss her pretty face. I will be glad when Kate can comes home too. They are pretty nice little sisters. I miss seeing Baron with his tennis ball in his mouth.
We love you lots Peter Uncle Jim and Aunt Nancy
Hey Peter,
As usual I check the web site to see how you are doing. Glad to hear you are feeling well and are out and about. What a beautiful Labor day weekend. Sad but true we took in our dock at the lake and moved back into town. I bet you are so excited to have your sister home. Just in case your Mom lets you play on the computer I am sending you a cool web site that has lots of fun pre-school games for guys like you! Maybe she will check it out for you. Stay strong and eat lots, drink lots, and rest lots.
Pam
Erica,
This is the web site: http://riverside.brainerd.k12.mn.us
It is Riverside Elementary’s web site. When you get there click on ikeepbookmarks. Mr. Hunter created this with tons of games for the kids to use at school as well as at home! Hope Peter likes them.
Hi Peter,
We’re so glad you’re home for awhile and having fun with your sisters.
We read about you & Mom & Dad every day and pray each night that you get well soon. We wish we lived closer so that we could visit you oftener, but we hope to drive up your way soon.
Do you remember when Uncle Dale came to stay at your house with Gramma Mary and they took you to get your very first ice cream cone? You didn’t know how to eat it and so you took the ice cream out of the cone with one hand and ate the cone first. By the time you got home, you & your car seat and the back seat of the car were all covered with ice cream. Ellie was too little for ice cream, but she still had some on her. When we come to visit you, maybe we can go to get some again. This time we might have to teach Baby Kate how to eat it.
Stay strong little man!
Ty & Erika,
You’re contantly in our thoughts & prayers. We’re thankful that we can check in on Peter’s progress each day. Peter is such a special boy that maybe he was allowed to go through this awful ordeal to teach all of us a lesson in love and faith and patience. Just think of all the people that have been brought together through his story. And the two of you are such special parents to be able to stay strong through it all. I’m sure that there will be a happy ending to it, someday.
Love to all of you,
Uncle Dale & Aunt Joanie
Hi Peter and Family,
We’re so happy that things are getting to be “normal” for you. Peter, we think of you everyday and hope that you will continue to feel better. We know that your sisters are happy to have you home again too. Keep up the great work Pete……you are such a strong guy.
Love,
Uncle Ed and Aunt roz
WOW! What a great way to spend Labor Day. A boat ride? That’s what I wanted to do, but we had to stay home because my husband had to work. Yuck.
To Mom and Dad: the line care and such will become so commonplace in the next few months that you’ll start forgetting to notice it; it will just become routine. Eden even got to the point with saline and heparin fulshes that we would hook the syringes to her line and she would flush them. She still thinks that the flushes are great fun. It makes her feel like a big girl. We did this early on at her suggetion to help her feel a little control in her day to day care.
I’m so glad that you’re home and feeling good, Peter. Don’t worry too much about being a little more tired: that just means that your body is working HARD to get rid of the cancer. Woo Hoo, keep up the great work!
All of our love from Ohio!
Hello Peter & greetings to all of the Eigners-
It makes me smile when I read that you are doing “normal” big boy things with your family! What fun the boat ride, fishing and lunch must have been yesterday! It certainly was a beautiful day! Unfortunately, I spent the day in the car and in stores… we went shopping in St. Cloud to get Emily-Clare some last minute back-to-school clothes. (A girl can never have too many clothes, ya know!) I am so happy that you are finding ways to have fun while your body is working so hard to battle the bad guys! You must really be a strong, tough little guy in order to fight cancer and go fishing at the same time!! WOW!!
I got more smiles when I learned that Ellie gets to come home and be with you guys now! I bet you’ll all like having that sweet face around again to brighten your faces. One day soon, Kate will get back home too and then you can all snuggle together and squish Peter’s cancer right out of him!
Emily-Clare went off to her first day of 1st grade today. She was a bit apprehensive, but I think she’ll do just fine. She has classmates from Kindergarten in her 1st grade class so she was excited to see them again. Maybe next year when you are strong and healthy again, you can go back to school, Pete! That will be so fun!
I still hope to get a chance to see you soon, bud! Do you know how many days it has been since I last saw that handsome face of yours?? I think it has been 19 days! That’s far too long! You tell mommy to call me as soon as it is safe for me to visit! I miss you….
You have a GREAT day today! Looks like another beautiful one!
We continue to send our prayers high up to the heavens….
Love you forever, Peter-
Jenni
Good morning Eigner family,
I checked Peter’s Page before I came to work – it is so good to have it, to be able to follow your progress. You are all constantly on our minds! What a beautiful weekend it was for you to be able to be at home! Peter, how fun that you got to get outside and have fun in the sun! We hope you continue to feel good and keep getting stronger every day. You need to be tougher than those bad guys and show them who is the boss around here!! And I bet Ellie Mae is so excited to get to come home and play with you!!
Ty and Erika – hope the next couple weeks stay uneventful for you – so to speak! Wow, one never knows how fast the daily routine in our lives can change. As always, if there is anything we could do, we’re here.
Peg and Ron Allord
Hi Pete.
Just want you to know that my family and I continue to pray for you daily. To make it really fun we often form into a huddle. We get together; put our hands in the middle and chant, “1-2-3… Go Team Peter!!!” Then my sisters dance and scream all crazy-like. I don’t do that part because I think it’s kinda dorky, but I love the team huddle part.
Anyway, I’m hoping to get my hands on a Warriors jersey… if I do, will you sign it for me? I think that’d be neat. In the meantime, take good care of yourself and I’ll continue my prayers for you.
Your friend,
Ty Ballinger
Hello Eigners,
I was just got back from British Columbia and you would not believe how many coaches came up to me to see if I had any updates on Pete. I wish I would have brought my computer for updates. I just wanted to let you know that the hockey community is thinking and praying for Pete.
That is great that you are back home for a couple of weeks.
Thanks for all the updates.
Keith Fisher
Hi, Pete, Erika and Ty….Molly and Mike were home this past weekend and continue to ask about and pray for all the Eigners. We were so pleased to hear that you all made it home for a few days. We continue to check the Web on all up-dates and are all so happy with Pete’s progress. Take care!!! The Z’s
Peter: Hope you had a good day today with Ellie there to play with you and help take good care of you. Pretty soon Kate should be getting over her cold and she will be able to come home too. That will be nice for you to all be together again.
You take good care and make sure you try and eat and drink to keep you strong and muscles will grow too. Also, take time to rest and take a little nap once in a while.
Just wanted to say hi to you today and hope you are doing ok. We love you all and think of you every minute of every day.
Uncle Chuck ( or as Ellie calls him, GUY ) and Aunt Rose
Peter,
Glad to hear you are home!
Keep smiling and fighting!!!
We will prayer for you!
Krattman, Betsy, Daniel, Peter & Victoria
Hey guys- just heard the terrible news. It is obvious you have quite the little fighter– along with a great group of friends and family. The Eigner’s have a strong tradition of winning– and there is no doubt you guys will beat this. Our thoughts and prayers are with each one of you. Take Care and God Bless- Todd and Stephanie Boyum
So happy to hear you are all at home & Peter is doing so well. We just returned from the lake & it was hard to leave as it is so beautiful there. We are glad you have those beautiful surroundings to help you through these difficult days.
Just want you to know that we continue to keep you in our thoughts & prayers. God bless all of you & give you strength.
Diane & Tip
Pete
Nice to see you are back home. Still looking forward to the day you walk through the doors @ the camp. We think of you often and are following your progress on your web site. You have a huge support group out there, Pete. You’ve earned every bit of respect that has come your way just by the way you conduct yourself. Training camp starts this week in Pittsburgh, so we be in Pittsburgh following your progress every day. All the best to you, Erika and Ty.
ole gringo and Claire
Hey Ty,
I just wanted to say hi and that we have been praying for Peter and your family every night. I am really glad to see that Peter is doing well after the chemo. Give him a high five for us.
May God bless you with strength, courage, and the compassion that you exude everyday.
The Marvin family,
Jim, Debbie, Ryan, Corey, Dustin, and Dallas
Peter and the Fam,
Just checkin’ in. Glad to hear that the little man is home. So much better than that ole’ hospital huh? Get lots of rest, you all are in our thoughts!
Amy, Robert and Emerson Gordon
Ty, Erika & family: I am so glad to hear that you all had such a great holiday, how’s the fishing up that way? You’re right Erika it didn’t seem like Labor Day, funny how time flies.
It is so good to hear that Peter seems to be handling things so well, both physically and emotionally, he sounds like a strong little man and that’s good. Thank you so much for the continuous updates.
All my love and prayers,
Kelly (Stellick) Bowman
hey pete!!! hows it going man??? how are u feeling today??? hopefully good!!! how was seeing your sisters today??? i bet u have missed them!!! wow wasnt it nice out the last couple days!!! what have u been up 2??? have u played any floor hockey or any t-ball with your dad or have u gone fishin and cought ny whoppers!!! u will have 2 tell me if u caught any fish!!! but it is getting late and i have school tomorrow! and what a lucky duck u are … get 2 stay home with your family and play all day!!!! but i will hopefully see u soon again!!!!!! thinkin and praying for u every second of everyday! love always and forever! molly peltoma #7
Hey Pete Man!!
It was good to see you the other day. You are looking awesome!! I was wondering if there were any of Sue’s rice crispy cakes left? If so do you think I could come over for one more?!! Those are awesome!! YOu better get ready for my return. One more hammer fight is on the way for SUPERMAN!!
See ya Pete!
Woody and Dino!
It was a beautiful Labor Day! I’m so glad you were able to be home for it, and have some fun. And finally your family is able to be together again.
I wonder if Peter’s friend Abbey is a daughter of my son’s football coach? Last name is the same. What a sweetheart, he is so understanding of everything that is going on with him right now.
Well, I just wanted to check in and see how you all were doing.
Oh, I bet Peter just got a kick out of the sign that was put up at the hockey arena for him, that’s so cool.
Take care of yourselves,
Heather
Oops, little typo there on my name. Really, I do know my own name!!! Sheesh!! Ha ha.
Peter, Ty and Erika;
Glad you are home again. A new beginning for all of you.
Peter, hope you can be outside and enjoy this great fall weather with your mom and dad beside you.
Think of you guys often -take care and we pray for you often.
Bob and Karen
Ty and Ericka,
Please know there are alot of people praying for you guys in KC. Also keeping a close eye on your family’s battle, which I must say is being excuted with distinguished bravery.
Love the picture of the kids, man they all look so much like Walens.
I keep picturing Peter at Abbey’s party bouncing the golf ball all over the place! Ellie was such an adorable baby, and is now an adorable
little girl. And of course no Kate at the time, but now can tell the adorable gene continues.
May God hold you all in the palm of his hand.
Regards,
Molly Majors (Jayne’s sister)