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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 The big news for today is that the test results from the lumbar puncture are in, and he’s got beautiful spinal fluid. But we already knew that about him 🙂 This means that the cancer cells… Continue Reading →
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Well he’s got a few more cycles of chemo .. he’s on day 18 (i think) and there’s 27 days in the full schedule… but they’re already using terms like “release date” and “outpatient”! He’s doing… Continue Reading →
Monday, January 19, 2009 KD’s still having headaches and back and neck pains. Today he approached it from the no-pills, just-water-and-sleep angle to see if that helped. He seems less groggy but more cranky than yesterday. Thankfully no chemo today…. Continue Reading →
Sunday, January 18, 2009 I suppose Valentine’s Day is coming soon because I found the whole BMTU ward decorated with hearts today when I came in. (hint! hint! to all of you guys out there with significant others… don’t say… Continue Reading →
Saturday, January 17, 2009 Today KD was feeling the after effects of the lumbar puncture. Taking spinal fluid puts that whole system out of balance, so he’s been having headaches and localized head and neck pains. They’ve given him low… Continue Reading →
Friday, January 16, 2009 Today the first ickiness of chemo seems to be setting in for KD. He had another set of chemo and got a headache, so they gave him a low dose of some codeine-based pain killer. That… Continue Reading →
Thursday, January 15, 2009 This is Day 10 of treatment for KD and he finally got the lumbar puncture they’ve been threatening for a while. He says it was painless (I’m an in agony every time he describes it though)…. Continue Reading →
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 The big news for today is that KD finally got moved to a better room. Yay. He’s living in the penthouse suite of the BMTU now 🙂 It’s a bigger room with a bathroom like I… Continue Reading →
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Yes, there was another round of chemo today, but not the lumbar puncture (eeeewwwww!). And YAY! The DNA test came back looking great so the recovery rate statistics are on KD’s side. He’s got a wonderful… Continue Reading →
Monday, January 12, 2009 Well today was a full day off the IV drip and “pole”, so of course KD was looking for trouble. He’s doing great, lots of energy, and spent the better part of the day mooching around… Continue Reading →