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, September 13, 2010

Chris' old roommate died

We got up to 7SW(oncology) and they told us Chris' old roommate Jr died over the weekend.  Not much else to say.  It's a pretty typical rotten Monday.  I brought a 12 pack of ginger ale for Jr and left it there last week, he was supposed to be coming back up to 7SW from ICU.  He never got to drink any.  
They told us radiology wouldn't be ready for Chris until 1 so Pat, the coordinator for 7SW, let us go out to "lunch" in the cafeteria until then.  Basically we aren't supposed to leave but we got a stealth ok for it and we are at home and then we'll go back by 1 this afternoon for his spinal tap chemo.  

here is a link to Jr's obituary:

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