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It was time for Erica's first chemotherapy session. Monica and Chandler agreed to alternate sessions. He would take her for her first one and Monica would take her for her next one and so on.

Erica had gotten to go home before her first chemotherapy session. She was limited to how much she could do, but she didn't care. She was just happy she got to go home for a little while.

"Daddy I don't wanna go. They're gonna give me more shots. I don't like those." Erica told him as they drove tl the clinic. She had always hated needles.

"I know, but you need to. I'll be there the entire time. You can squeeze my hand. It'll be okay." He told her.

"I don't wanna go. Please just turn around. They give me too many needles. I wanna go back home."

"I can't do that. You need this. I'm really sorry. And we're here anyways. How about if you're feeling up to it and you be good for the doctors and nurses, we'll go someplace you want to go and you can pick out 1 thing that you really want? And if you're not feeling up to it after, we can always go another day." He said.

"Okay! Can we go to the toy store cuz there's this new toy that I really really wanted?!" Erica asked excitedly.

"Of course." Chandler said as he picked her up out of her booster seat and carried her inside.

"Okay Erica you're going to feel a small pinch because we need to take some blood first." The nurse said as she got the port ready to take the blood from.

Erica looked over at Chandler anxiously. He got up, picked her up and put her on his lap. "It's okay. I'm here. Once they do this, they won't need to give you a needle again while you're here so this is the only one today. Remember what we talked about. You can do this."

"Okay... Ow!" Erica said as the needle went in. She began to cry. "It hurts daddy."

"I know. But that's the only needle they have to give you today." He said. He really hated this. And she had a lot of sessions to do. He carried her to the room where they do the chemotherapy after they were told that her bloodwork came out fine. The nurse started the anti-nausea meds and a few other preliminary medicines. And then started the chemo.

"I don't like this." Erica said as she looked over at the little girl beside her who was around 5 or 6.

"You get used to it." The little girl told her. "It's not very fun though. And you lose your hair but I guess it grows back." The little girl said. She was bald and had a pink bandana on her head.

They had forgotten to tell her about the baldness. She looked up at Chandler who was had her on his lap with a blanket over her "Daddy is that true? I like my hair."

"Yeah, it is. But it'll grow back like she told you. And we can get a bandana or a wig or whatever you want. That is, if you want something to cover your head." Chandler told her. He felt bad that he had forgotten to mention that to her.

"Okay I guess... But I will miss my hair." Erica said.

The little girl looked over again, "it makes showers easier and they have really cool wigs and covers."

"That's good I guess. How old are you? What's your name? What kinda cancer do you have?" Erica asked her. She was really curious and she liked that she had someone to talk to who's going through the same thing as her.

"I'm 6. My name is Samantha. But you can call me Sami. I have leukemia. What about you?" She asked.

"I'm 7 and my name is Erica. I have kidney and lung cancer cuz the kidney cancer went in my lung. Did you have to have surgery? I did. It hurt. What's leukemia?"

"Nope, no surgery. Leukemia is blood cancer. It's in my blood."

"Oh. How many times have you done this?" Erica asked.

"I don't even remember. A lot. I'm almost done I think." Sami said as she looked up at her dad who was holding her just like Chandler was.

"Yeah, she only has 1 more." Sami's dad told Erica.

"Oh, that's good." Erica replied.

"Okay Sami, you're done." The nurse said as she removed her IV.

"Bye, see you next time I guess." Erica said to her as she waved.

"Daddy I feel icky. I don't like it." Erica said as she looked up at Chandler.

"I know honey. It's normal. Are you tired?"

"Uh huh. But I feel too icky to fall asleep." Erica told him.

"I know. Maybe just close your eyes for a little. Maybe you'll fall asleep." He suggested.

"Okay." Erica said as she fell asleep almost instantly.