Pete's father has been diagnosed with leukemia, a type of cancer that causes abnormal cell growth in the blood. His father needs to receive treatment from doctors and nurses at the hospital, including special medicine, to stop the cancer from growing and help him feel better. While his parents are at the hospital caring for his father, Pete is helped by his grandparents, and the whole family is helping his father recover.

1. Pete’s Story
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2. Pete likes to play and have fun
Hi Pete
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3. Everything changes
Winter becomes spring, spring becomes summer
Summer changes to fall and back to winter again
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4. Growing is normally healthy just like we
expect
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5. Pate is growing normal and
healthy the way we expect
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6. Sometimes growing happens in a way
we do not plan and it surprises us
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7. This happened to Pete’s Daddy
Growing happened inside his body in a
way we did not expect
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8. This growing happened in his blood
It is a type of cancer called leukemia
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9. This is not a boo boo outside the body
that we can fix at home
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10. Daddy needs to see the doctor at the
hospital to fix the leukemia inside his body
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11. Daddy gets special medicine in the
hospital to fix the cancer
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12. The doctors and nurses at the hospital are
taking good care of Daddy to stop the
leukemia from growing
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13. Everyone in the family is helping to make
Daddy feel better!
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14. Grandpa and Grandma help take care
of Pete when Mommy and Daddy are
at the hospital
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15. Thank you Pete for helping too
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