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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Thursday, October 7, 2010

no new cancer!

His Dr. came by while I was visiting tonight and his test came back negative for any cancer in his bone marrow!  It is very relieving to know that his cancer has not spread to other parts of his body.  That would have been a whole new awful ballgame.

His Dr. thinks that his body is just having a tougher time recovering from this round of chemo.  The infection he tests positive before in his blood was a false positive due to skin contaminant.  Chris isn't on any drugs that could be interfering with his production of white blood cells.  So nothing to do but wait for his counts to come up.  

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