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Love and Support
While George was confined to his hospital room, I was driving the 50 minutes to and from Cooper Hospital to visit him every day. Well, except for that one snow day. It was tiring and stressful driving to and from Camden while dealing with the “what ifs” running through my head, the stress and fear…
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The Leg
Everything was going well until January 12, the second to last day of chemo. George awoke during the night to what he thought was the world’s worst Charlie horse. He couldn’t get any relief at all and for the next two weeks, the pain in his leg was the absolute bane of his existence. He…
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Induction
Once George received his official diagnosis, there was a flurry of activity. Dr. Behrens wanted to start treatment immediately and so did we! The PICC line team came in and inserted the PICC line into George’s arm where he would receive his chemotherapy regiment. This first round of chemotherapy was called the induction phase. Dr.…
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Biopsy = Diagnosis
On Monday, January 3 George finally underwent his bone marrow biopsy. They took him down to intervention radiology for the procedure. George was so happy about that because normally, the procedure is done bedside with just a local anesthesia. He got to have his done while sedated, which means he didn’t feel a thing! The…
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Happy New Year in the Hospital
George was admitted to the hospital on December 30, which was a Thursday. He was told by the attending oncologist that like his doctors, they suspected leukemia. A bone marrow biopsy would be needed to make an official diagnosis. Unfortunately, since it was the New Year holiday weekend and the lab would be closed all…
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The Bombshell
In late December 2021, my husband George finally decided to go and see his doctor. For a couple of weeks at least, he had been finding himself short of breath after performing simple tasks and he had trouble walking around the track on base without getting seriously winded. He thought maybe he had a respiratory…
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Diagnosis: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). A Journey 