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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Sunday, December 26, 2010

doing better

First here are Chris' counts for the last few days:

He hasn't had fevers for a few days and the mass in his neck seems smaller as well.  It's been a rough few days because he has been on a lot of meds in addition to the chemo he's getting.  Because of all the meds he has been frequently disoriented and had trouble communicating.  He had a head CT done on Christmas Eve to make sure there wasn't anything going on there that was causing him to be so disoriented; it came back all clear.  
He had some pretty bad hiccups last night and the medication they gave him caused him to be even more confused.  He woke up in the middle of the night and had no idea where he was and accidentally ripped the IV in his arm out.
He felt much better today and could think much clearer but he is still pretty exhausted.  He will hopefully be getting out of the hospital on Tuesday.  His platelet levels starting out pretty low before this round began so they will need to keep an eye on them.
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