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.
There is a donation page for organizations here: http://chriscranecancer.blogspot.com

Monday, December 6, 2010

getting released

I am at the hospital with Chris waiting for him to get released in an hour or so.  As the spreadsheet shows below all his counts look better except his platelets which are still very low.
He did not end up getting more blood transfusions yesterday.  The oncologist on call wanted to hold off since they don't know if the transfusions caused the allergic reaction.  He got a shot to boost his red blood cell production (for hemoglobin & platelets) late last night.
Chris is scheduled to start round 5 in 3 days, on Thursday.



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