Adrienne had labs drawn today and things are looking much better. The liver enzymes are half of what they were last week. Hopefully they'll be back to normal in another week or two. The only lingering concern is that her platelets are down again to 72 (normal is 150-450). They are falling slower than before but we really need to see an upturn soon. Adrienne now gets a week off until she sees the doctor and gets more labs next Monday while Curt and I are in New York. Hopefully we'll see more normalcy by then.
In the meantime, Adrienne is busy with school. She's mostly caught up with the exception of her accounting/finance class. The prof and TAs have cancelled office hours several times so she is having trouble getting the help she needs. Hopefully this will be resolved soon.
We are looking forward to Thanksgiving in New York. The last time we were there this time of year was in 2002 for Adrienne's wish with the Make A Wish Foundation. It was a wonderful trip in many ways but Adrienne had a lot of pain from the chemo she was getting at the time and we had to make a visit to the emergency room. This time, we're planning on an event free trip and a resumption of Broadway shows this week since we have tickets for Avenue Q.
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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
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- 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.
3 comments:
Adrienne, I'm so glad that things are returning to normal; hopefully your platelets will get there soon, too.
Love to you guys,
Karen
Glad I checked to see if you ladies posted an update tonight. I'm so glad that the liver counts are better...now to get the platelets to cooperate too.
Sure hope the strike is over by the day you have your tickets for Avenue Q.
Avenue Q is hilarious! I saw it last year. Let's hope the strike ends so you two can have fun and enjoy it!!
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