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, November 18, 2010

resting in his room

Chris got to his room about an hour ago and I have his stuff all set up for him.  He's a bit disoriented from the surgery but doing fine.  
He is in room 264 and it's in a general wing of sorts.  Since the South Austin Medical Center is a smaller hospital there is no oncology wing.  He has a nurse but she is not a chemo nurse, we have to wait to see her until maybe 5 p.m. or so.  
It's a new hospital and new staff and new things to get used to and figure out.  All the rooms on this wing are private rooms tho so that's nice!  
There is no online card service for this network of hospitals tho.  
We don't know if he will start chemo tonight or tomorrow.  They are understaffed on this floor today so things seem a bit busy.  
Right now we are really missing the nurses on 7SW!
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