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.
{{update}}
The picc line procedure went fine and Chis is taking all this pretty well. He's home resting now and we are scheduled to go to Dr. Cannon's office tomorrow to get the line re-dressed and flushed out. While we are there I'm going to see if they have gotten any of his results back from his tests instead of waiting until Friday.
Dr. Niederee, his surgeon, decided against the triple lumen catheter because of how large the mass is around his throat and chest. He didn't want to risk any additional swelling in that area.
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