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One of the first things you get in treatment is the ever present RoadMap. With our hospital, since it was a teaching hospital, they essentially did a coinflip to see what path Skeeter’s treatment would take because they have three different medical trials running at one time. We didn’t have a choice in the path Continue reading ….Follow the road. As we are all mostly familiar with, cancer is abnormal cell growth. There are hundreds of kinds of cancer and generally, kids get different kinds than adults. Unfortunately, cancers that happen to kids tend to occur in developing cells like the bone marrow, blood, kidneys and tissues forming the nervous system, whereas adult cancers happen Continue reading ….Intro to Leukemia Here is an old journal entry about Skeeter hitting remission. Tuesday, April 27, 2004 White Cell Count: *** (Normal = 4.0 – 12) YEAH! It is official… Skeeter is in remission. His last draw came up at less than Continue reading ….The First Remission Wednesday, April 07, 2004 First hospitalization White Cell Count: 5.4 (Normal = 4.0 – 12) Skeeter spent the night getting three blood transfusions and platelets because he needed to have two procedures done today. First of all they had to Continue reading ….The first night in the hospital This is the first journal entry we had on our CaringBridge site. White Cell Count: 14.0 (Normal = 4.0 – 12)
Skeeter just before dx in 2004 It was a Tuesday. I will never forget that it was a Tuesday. Continue reading ….A lucky chance diagnosis. |
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