'Team Davey' Faces Big Day with Hope, Encouragement from Rudolph

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Elise rang the bell after completing the chemotherapy treatment two months ago, and the family's focus shifted to today's MRI.


"Throughout this whole journey, there's been ups, there's been downs, but the constant really has been, if you think about the story, is … what an absolute blessing to not only have the knowledge of our team but the different options of our team," Paul said. "We just talked about how many options we had when we went in there, and what an absolute amazing thing to go in and have options and answers."


"And research, because we can't get where we are without it," Chelsy added.


Paul has adopted a tradition of not shaving between Elise's MRIs.


"I am really looking forward to shaving," he quipped. "I'm going to rock an awesome mustache for about 10 minutes."


The Daveys have appreciated the support from family and friends in their hometown and beyond. Paul works at CHS Ag Services where co-workers made Elise a desk in the front office and taught her how to answer the phones — "Post-It Notes all over the place."


The family was able to attend a couple of Vikings games when they were in town for Elise's radiation treatments for a span of six weeks.


"We were so excited, and how cool it was, watching [our daughters] with headphones on, doing the SKOL Chant, it was complete relaxation to just chill," Paul said.