Adrienne's wheezing and coughing have gotten worse the last few days. Today she saw the doctor and had a chest xray. Turns out she either has pneumonia or a partially collapsed lung behind the tumor. They can't tell exactly what is tumor and what is "infiltrate." She is slightly neutropenic and her counts are likely to go down the next few days, which puts her at more risk. She started a broad spectrum antibiotic (Levaquin) today and we're supposed to call at the slightest hint of fever or chills. She also lost a few pounds over the last week so I'm trying to make the foods she likes most.
Otherwise, things are quiet here. Curt went to see Daniel on Friday and his 9:45 pm flight home wound up taking off at 2:15 am (mechanical trouble) and he arrived home around 4 am so we had a lazy weekend.
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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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- 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.
6 comments:
I'm sorry to hear about this lung issue--hope the antibiotic takes care of it and you can continue to relax at home.
Take care,
Karen, Clare's mom
stay strong girls
love ya
j
Rich and I are thinking of you often Adrienne. Hope the antibiotics will kick in quickly and fight off what we hope is an infection. Allison...I'll give you a call this week. ((HUGS)) to you both. Looking forward to our Oct. visit to Las Vegas.
Oh, boy.... I hope the doctors come up w/ a solution soon!
Sending lots of love. :)
Sending both of you love, hope the wheezing and coughing subside soon, Adrienne.
Thinking of both of you, always.
B
Adrienne,
I hope you feel better, and I'm praying that the antibiotics work very soon. Sending hugs to you and Alison.
Janet
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