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Day 42

Laura Gilkey on February 12, 2015

It’s so good to be home. Our first week of Consolidation is drawing to a close. Four consecutive trips over the bridge to All Children’s has been both an adventure… Continue Reading Day 42

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, consolidation, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine4 Comments

Day 41

Laura Gilkey on February 11, 2015February 11, 2015

Day 3 of Consolidation. Benjamin woke up and immediately said he felt like he had to throw up. I knew to expect this, and thought it was the Cytarabine catching… Continue Reading Day 41

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: 6MP, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, consolidation, cytarabine, zofran6 Comments

Day 40

Laura Gilkey on February 10, 2015February 10, 2015

Day 40 of treatment, Day 2 of Consolidation. Another trip over the bridge, another new medicine. One day closer. Benjamin’s chemotherapy cocktail today consisted of a second day of intravenous… Continue Reading Day 40

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: 6MP, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine2 Comments

Day 39

Laura Gilkey on February 9, 2015

Day 1 of Consolidation. We were at All Children’s much longer than we expected, but Benjamin’s first day in this new strengthening phase went extremely well. The effects of the… Continue Reading Day 39

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: 6MP, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ara C, cytarabine, dexamethasone, mercaptopurine, methotrexate4 Comments

Day 36

Laura Gilkey on February 6, 2015February 6, 2015

I woke up this morning at 5:29am, one minute before my alarm went off. I had an important date with one bridge before heading over another. When I got back into… Continue Reading Day 36

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: 6MP, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, consolidation, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, dexamethasone, MRD, pegaspargase, vincristine12 Comments

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