Gus has been with us for about 10 days...so far, so good. Caesar and Prince (our shelties) won't play with him yet but they seem to have accepted that he isn't leaving any time soon. Adrienne started classes at UNLV today so I'm "puppy sitting" during the day, which mostly amounts to taking him out every hour to make sure he doesn't mess in the house. He's a pretty smart guy (as you'd expect from a poodle) and seems to be getting the hang of housebreaking quickly.
Adrienne did fine with her chemo last week and restarted the MGCD as scheduled last Friday. The GI side effects are pretty tough but she's handling it well with plenty of over the counter medications. She's fairly fatigued right now but hopefully that will improve as she gets used to the routine of being back to school.
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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.
1 comment:
Hi Adrienne-
I was recently thinking about you and thought to check your blog tonight! I'm SOO excited to read all the good news and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Love,
Erica Ucolano
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