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, January 20, 2011

some good news from yesterday's tests


 Chris had an echocardiogram and head CT yesterday and the Dr. just told us they both came back normal - good news!
Chris' platelets are very low today so he has to get a platelet transfusion before he can get the bone marrow and neck biopsies scheduled for today.  They are just about to start the platelets so hopefully he'll get to start the biopsies in a few hours.  
Here are his counts:
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