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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Monday, December 13, 2010

platelets still low

Here are his results from today's lab:


His platelets are up to 55 from 13 but they need to be at least 80 to start chemo.  They are getting better tho!  We will go back Wednesday morning to have his counts checked again.  
Unfortunately these delays due to low counts are "normal" and to be expected.  

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