Does it sound like we're counting down? I know I am and Adrienne is too. She's been amazing over the last four weeks, getting herself to and from daily treatments, and dealing with the side effects on her own. She has four treatments next week and three the week after, and then she's done. Let's hope that this gets rid of the beast once and for all.
I got a call today from a physician's assistant in the orthopedist's office. Finally, someone is offering to help with the clearance for Adrienne's surgery in December. The PA will contact the oncologist and cardiologist and obtain all of the necessary records and clearances. Any last minute tests will be scheduled, though she didn't think any would be necessary. At her visit on Monday, Adrienne will get some additional labs as well as an echo just to verify that her cardiac function is unchanged. We aren't expecting any surprises there.
Adrienne is very happy to be coming home this weekend, even though it's just for a few days. She's looking forward to some home-cooked food, fish, and sushi this weekend. Her requests certainly run the gamut. The food at school is fine; she's just ready for a change after seven weeks.
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Adrienne was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in 1996 at age 9. She had multiple relapses, two bone marrow transplants, and a range of chemos and radiation therapies, and passed away on October 1, 2009. We are heartbroken.
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About Adrienne
- Adrienne
- Adrienne was very much like others with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, the most common cancer in teens and young adults. What was unusual is that she had it for more than half her life and ultimately, it took her life. Hodgkin's is curable for about 80% people, but Adrienne was one of the 20% for whom a cure was elusive. She considered herself lucky since treatments had been there for her with each relapse but she ran out of treatment options and her body just couldn’t take any more. As she said, "Though I’ve now had cancer for most of my life, I no longer plan my life around it; instead, I try to plan cancer around my life." We hope you can take inspiration from her and how she lived her life.
1 comment:
So, maybe I missed it somewhere along the way but what is her major?
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