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, December 23, 2010

hopefully chemo tomorrow, Christmas eve

The oncologist on call just came in and talked to Chris; she is putting in orders for him to start chemo.  His counts look good (see below) and all the cultures have come back negative for any infection so he is clear to start his next round of chemo.  He is still having sporadic fevers but they believe those are from the mass growing in his throat/chest area.  So hopefully sometime tonight/tomorrow morning he will get moved to 2C, the floor where they administer chemo.
Counts (I don't have today's yet):
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