We are in NY visiting with Adrienne for the Thanksgiving week. Today, Curt, Adrienne, and I went to visit the doctor and it was all good news. Adrienne's platelets are up and she's looking just great. We didn't get the liver numbers yet but are hopeful that things continue to improve there. Adrienne will go back in two weeks for labs just to make sure things are still okay.
The nurses printed some charts that show her labs the last six months. Adrienne's ESR, a general sign of inflammation from lymphoma, has been working its way up and her hemoglobin has been trending down, both signs of her disease. She is still wheezing as well. The plan now is for her to start chemo with gemcitabine and oxilaplatin at the first of the year at City of Hope.
It looks like Broadway isn't going to be back this week but we're finding plenty of other things to do. Adrienne has school and work until Wednesday afternoon so Curt and I have been exploring. Sunday, we went to the Guggenheim and walked all around Central Park. Tomorrow is our visit to the Met. On Friday, all three of us will be at the MOMA, Adrienne's favorite museum in New York City. In between we're having lots of great food and are enjoying people watching.
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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:
Hi ladies - so glad to hear the platelets are coming up...you'll keep feeling better as they climb.
Glad you are having a good time in NYC Alison. It's been many years since I've been uptown NY. Sorry about missing the play. Have a wonderful holiday together.
Hope you're having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Glad to see Adrienne is feeling much better!
I hope that Adrienne continues to improve, and feel better. Enjoy New York!
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