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Day 1

Laura Gilkey on January 2, 2015January 17, 2015

The first big step in Benjamin’s healing journey just happened. He had surgery to put in a MediPort in his chest that will stay there for at least three years. At the same time, they took bone marrow, to see what percentage of cells were leukemia cells. They also took spinal fluid to see if… Continue Reading Day 1

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, bone marrow aspirate, chemotherapy, spinal fluid1 Comment

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