Tag: relapse
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Fighting the Fight
Today is December 18. George has been in the hospital since October 18, with the exception of 5 days after Thanksgiving weekend. It has been a hard stay this time. One, because it is so long. But also, because of the extremely discouraging news we received, George’s weakness and all the other challenges he is…
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Challenge accepted (like we had a choice…)
In my last post, I wrote that we are moving towards a second bone marrow transplant and that there is a delay because of the results of George’s bone marrow biopsy: he had too many blasts (immature white blood cells). So, on Wednesday, we met with Dr. Loren to discuss the results and plan our…
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A Second Transplant It Is…
Yesterday was George’s birthday. The love of my life turned 59 years old. We celebrated by going to the Perelman Cancer Center at UPenn for George’s scheduled labs, infusion and then appointment with Dr. Loren. When George was getting his labs taken, the nurse said, “Hey, why don’t we just do your infusion now since you’re already back here?” George’s…
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Cycle One Complete
George has completed his first regimen of chemotherapy. For seven days, he drove to Philadelphia (about an hour’s drive) to get his infusion of Vidaza. Since I am working at H&R Block during this tax season, he had to go alone for the first time. But, he did great, as I knew he would. Now…
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“It’s Starting….”
George was sitting in his recliner on Monday evening when he got a notification that his lab results from earlier in the day were available on the UPenn portal. He gets blood drawn every Monday by the nurse from Penn Home infusion that comes to the house. The results showed that his white blood cell…
Diagnosis: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). A Journey 