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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Saturday, November 20, 2010

better days

It's Saturday morning and Chris really likes the nurse he has today.  She is a chemo nurse.  The way it works is that if a chemo nurse is on duty they get assigned to Chris.  If a chemo nurse is not on duty he gets a regular nurse who has no knowledge of chemo drugs.  
It's very different than what we are used to but we're adjusting.  The chemo nurses he has had so far have been very competent.  The first chemo nurse he had Thursday night, Sarah, was absolutely wonderful.  She works chemo patients on this floor and is also a nurse manager for the floor above us. 
Barbara is Chris' chemo nurse today and I have not met her yet but Chris said she is awesome too.  She used to work at a very well known cancer center in Houston called MD Anderson.  
We are slowly but surely getting into the swing of things here and it's been good to have more friends and family around to visit Chris and remind me that I can ask them for help.  
I'm not very good at asking people for help but I'm trying to learn.  
Thanks everyone for your support!

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