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Day 675/47

Laura Gilkey on November 6, 2016November 7, 2016

Benjamin’s labs this morning showed a huge increase in leukemia blasts. More than double, up to 52%. We haven’t seen a peripheral number that high since diagnosis. His platelets dropped… Continue Reading Day 675/47

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, bladder, Blinatumomab, CAR-T, immunotherapy, lasix, platelets, relapse, transfusion12 Comments

Day 659/31

Laura Gilkey on October 21, 2016October 22, 2016

Benjamin didn’t get up at all last night to use the bathroom, but when he woke up this morning, he corrected his problem with a record-breaking liter of urine. I’ve… Continue Reading Day 659/31

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, bladder, Blinatumomab, bone marrow transplant, CMMRD, immunotherapy, relapse, siblings6 Comments

Day 658/30

Laura Gilkey on October 20, 2016October 21, 2016

It doesn’t look like we’ll be going home any time soon. Benji was pleased to wake up unhooked from his fluids again. He usually gets up to empty his bladder… Continue Reading Day 658/30

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: absolute neutrophil count (ANC), acute lymphoblastic leukemia, bladder, blood pressure, bone marrow aspirate, dasatanib, fear, kidneys, platelets, relapse3 Comments

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