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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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Tuesday's #'s are great!

hemoglobin:                    8.7 (yesterdays was 8.4) 
platelets:                          84!  (yesterday was 25)
white blood cells:           2.1! (yesterday was 0.6)

His Dr. said he might be able to go home tomorrow, it depends on if his neutrophil levels go up.  The neutrophils are the mature white blood cells that fight off infection and as of this blood draw the levels are still negligible.  
Chris isn't feeling very well today and has stayed in bed, hopefully he will perk up later.
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