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Day 218

Laura Gilkey on August 7, 2015August 7, 2015

Michael left before dawn to catch his plane to Wisconsin to retrieve Banyan from Camp Highlands. Benji and I saw him off and returned to bed for an extra hour… Continue Reading Day 218

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Day 217

Laura Gilkey on August 6, 2015August 7, 2015

Today was Benjamin’s last day at All Children’s this week. I gave him Kytril with breakfast, but only preventatively. He wasn’t nauseous. We had a spring in our step as we… Continue Reading Day 217

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: absolute neutrophil count (ANC), acute lymphoblastic leukemia, cytarabine, kytril, nausea1 Comment

Day 216

Laura Gilkey on August 5, 2015

Benjamin woke up in a fantastic mood. He was calm, sweet, and optimistic. He was not upset about another trip to the hospital. His tummy was tender, so I gave… Continue Reading Day 216

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chemotherapy, cytarabine, lumbar puncture, nausea2 Comments

Day 215

Laura Gilkey on August 4, 2015August 4, 2015

I couldn’t sleep again last night. One of the conversations I had with Dr. Grana yesterday was about a study linking a specific gene mutation to a higher incidence of… Continue Reading Day 215

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, cyclophosphomide, cytarabine, hunger, intrathecal methotrexate, kytril, lumbar puncture, marinol, nausea, steroids5 Comments

Day 214

Laura Gilkey on August 3, 2015

We all woke up easily and felt well rested. Benji was calm and sweet upon waking, and neither of us felt nervous. There was a quiet confidence in our house… Continue Reading Day 214

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: absolute neutrophil count (ANC), acute lymphoblastic leukemia, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, delayed intensification, neutropenia, thioguanine3 Comments

Day 213

Laura Gilkey on August 2, 2015August 2, 2015

I couldn’t sleep last night. It took hours before I finally slept and what felt like minutes before I started waking up over and over. As a result, I was… Continue Reading Day 213

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, delayed intensification, neutropenia2 Comments

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