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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Friday, December 3, 2010

today's counts

Here are the counts from today:

While his platelets and hemoglobin have gone down slightly it is not a significant enough amount to cause concern.  As long as his HGB stays about 8 he does not need more transfusions.  If his counts keep along this path he will be able to go back to a normal room tomorrow.
His counts seem to be recovering much more quickly than the first time he was neutropenic.  
I believe he will be getting his blood drawn tomorrow around 8 a.m. so not to long after that we should know if he will be released to a regular floor.
He is very alert and talkative, we played a few round of gin rummy today and he won every time!  I went out to dinner with our friend Paul and we brought Chris back some non-hospital food that he seemed to enjoy.

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