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Tag: Erwinia

Day 646/18

Laura Gilkey on October 8, 2016October 9, 2016

A nightmare woke Benji up today before his nurses did this morning. He was scared and didn’t want to go back to sleep. He returned to reality, nestled into me… Continue Reading Day 646/18

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, diarrhea, Erwinia, family, nausea, platelets, relapse, transfusion2 Comments

Day 645/17

Laura Gilkey on October 7, 2016

Benjamin was super tired this morning. He slept in later than he has since we’ve been here. I figured after yesterday’s diuretic episode he was probably pretty depleted and needed… Continue Reading Day 645/17

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: absolute neutrophil count (ANC), acute lymphoblastic leukemia, allopurinol, Erwinia, relapse, schoolLeave a comment

Day 643/15

Laura Gilkey on October 5, 2016October 6, 2016

Benjamin’s sleepiness continues as his counts keep dropping. He didn’t wake up until morning rounds, when he heard me talking with Dr. Moore and our nursing team. There were no… Continue Reading Day 643/15

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, baseball, dasatanib, daunorubicin, dexrazoxane, Erwinia, methotrexate toxicity, relapse, school, siblings, vincristine1 Comment

Day 641/13

Laura Gilkey on October 3, 2016October 3, 2016

Benjamin had another sleepy day. His counts continue to drop, and his ability to fight infection is waning. After he woke up, ate breakfast, and took his morning medicine, we… Continue Reading Day 641/13

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: absolute neutrophil count (ANC), acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Erwinia, platelets, relapse, school2 Comments

Day 640/12

Laura Gilkey on October 2, 2016October 2, 2016

Benjamin has had what his nurses described as an “eventful day.” This morning seems like ages ago. Once again I let Benjamin sleep as late as possible. When he woke… Continue Reading Day 640/12

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, dasatanib, dexamethasone, Erwinia, family, platelets, polyps, relapse, transfusion1 Comment

Day 638/10

Laura Gilkey on September 30, 2016October 1, 2016

Benjamin’s tiredness continued today. He slept until 10am. Our nurse was wonderful and flexible and let him sleep, holding his morning medicine an hour to accommodate. It sounds minor, but… Continue Reading Day 638/10

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, bone marrow transplant, dasatanib, Erwinia, relapse4 Comments

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