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Day 222

Laura Gilkey on August 11, 2015August 11, 2015

Banyan promised me last night that he’d join me for a sunrise bridge walk, and he made good on his word. The thought of waking so early again any time… Continue Reading Day 222

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, asparaginase, asparagine, cytarabine, Erwinia2 Comments

Day 221

Laura Gilkey on August 10, 2015August 10, 2015

I woke up with the sun this morning, images of Banyan’s beautiful face in my mind. I let Benji sleep until the last possible minute, since he couldn’t have anything… Continue Reading Day 221

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, cytarabine, intrathecal methotrexate, kytril, lumbar puncture, siblings3 Comments

Day 220

Laura Gilkey on August 9, 2015August 10, 2015

Today, while Michael and Banyan were taking in the beauty of Wisconsin’s Peninsula State Park, Benji and I took in a baseball game. When we first met Cody, Benji’s friend… Continue Reading Day 220

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, cytarabine, delayed intensification, intrathecal methotrexate, kytril, lumbar puncture, siblings3 Comments

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

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