I was Chris' wife/caregiver & this is the medical blog I wrote during his treatment. Short history: dx in July 2010, no initial bone marrow involvement, did 5 rounds hyper-cvad protocol. Found out he is in relapse/refractory status with involvement in his chest, spleen, inguinal & throat lymph nodes, bone marrow, spine & brain in January 2011 when we went to MD Anderson for treatment. The two different rounds of chemo Chris got at MDA could not put him in remission; he died of leukemia/lymphoma on March 18th, 2011, an astonishing and horrific 8 months after his diagnosis.
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Monday, July 26, 2010

in the hospital

Chris is all moved into his room here at St. Francis hospital. He will start his chemo treatments around 2 p.m. and be on 12 hours cycles of it for 6 doses.
His nurse is nick-named "the Arch" and she has a great sense of humor and gives us all t. She'll be his daytime nurse for most of the time he is here.
He'll have a spinal tap tomorrow and again next Monday. He can be released as early as Friday as long as his counts are ok and he feels well enough.
He will be back every 21 days from today's date for his chemo treatments.
He has his cell phone with him so feel free to call or text him and he will answer as he can.
I'm going to stay here with him until after he starts his first dose of chemo and then give Mary a chance to see him too.
I'll type more later after I figure out how to stop the very sensitive touch-pad on Chris' laptop from jumping to other parts of the screen when I'm typing.

Thank you all for your support!

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