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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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

visitors info

I forgot to mention information for anyone who may want to visit Chris during this hospital stay.

He probably won't be up to visitors today, maybe tomorrow.
The precautions for visitors to take are as follows:

- no visitors that are sick or have been exposed to someone that is sick (for instance if either of our roommates get sick I can't come visit Chris)

- no children

- everyone must wear a mask before entering his room and wash hands before entering and leaving his room
(there is a hand sanitizer on the wall to the left of his room door and masks available on the wall to the right)
- no fresh fruit or veggies

- no flowers or plants

There is a sign on his door stating this info and asking all visitors first check in at the nurses station.


Chris has also had a pretty bad headache since before we came to the ER and so far none of the meds (vicodin & morphine) are giving him much relief.  When he was neutropenic in the past he also suffered from pretty bad headaches.

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