Benji and I were up before shift change again. He was in great discomfort. He begged our night nurse not to draw morning labs–a daily procedure that has never bothered… Continue Reading Day 719/91
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on Benjamin and I slept well last night and were both awake at shift change. His numbers are holding steady. Saturday’s increase may have been sample bias, I don’t know; but… Continue Reading Day 718/90
Day 717/89
on Today was a very good day. It didn’t start that way. We were up before 5am with Benjamin in great abdominal pain. He asked for heat packs and cold packs… Continue Reading Day 717/89
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on I didn’t want to look at this morning’s numbers. I tried so hard last night to focus on Benji’s slow and steadily declining leukemia blasts, but this morning I was… Continue Reading Day 716/88
Day 715/87
on It’s 3:45am. Benjamin just vomited every bit of last night’s nourishment from his body. He has abdominal pain he can’t describe. I don’t know anymore if it’s a result of… Continue Reading Day 715/87
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on Benjamin’s fever took a while to come down last night. He was burning up. When it finally came down we were able to catch a few hours of sleep. His… Continue Reading Day 714/86