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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 674/46

Laura Gilkey on November 5, 2016November 6, 2016

Today was lovely. Benjamin felt great and was wildly energetic as soon as he woke up. Out of isolation, he was off to the races to play with the nurses… Continue Reading Day 674/46

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, grandparents, lasix, relapse2 Comments

Day 649/21

Laura Gilkey on October 11, 2016October 12, 2016

Tonight is our 23rd night on the 7th floor. Our longest stay before Benjamin’s relapse was 22 nights. Maybe that’s why things have felt more emotional today. Maybe it’s the… Continue Reading Day 649/21

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, behavior, emotions, lasix, platelets, relapse, school, transfusion2 Comments

Day 140

Laura Gilkey on May 21, 2015May 21, 2015

We’ll be spending one more night on the seventh floor. I was up last night at 3am, after our night nurse came in to tell us that Benjamin’s output was… Continue Reading Day 140

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, high dose methotrexate, lasix, leucovorin4 Comments

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