It looks like we'll be headed back to New York in December. Adrienne really hasn't had treatment since early October and we don't feel comfortable waiting for months to start another trial. I've been talking with Dr. O's office and they have a plan but I don't know the details yet since we played phone tag on Friday. I should know more Monday or Tuesday. Adrienne has been tired and has a cough, which is always concerning, but she's keeping up with school. She's eating a bit better now too with the help of mom's (that's me) matzo ball soup, Jewish penicillin as someone told me. At least she loves it.
Daniel lives in Santa Barbara. They evacuated just two blocks from his house but he's in an area with a voluntary evacuation. I told him to get out at the first sign of trouble and he promised he would. He's renting and has renter's insurance so there aren't any worries on that end but it's still quite scary when you watch the fires on TV.
Prince is having surgery on Tuesday. I'm nervous about it because of his age (12 years old) but he's always been in good health and Shelties can live a long, long time. He has just one large tumor that's attached to the liver at one point and the vet says most dogs do well after the removal. Still, he'll be in doggie ICU for a day or two. We hope he'll be able to come home on Wednesday afternoon.
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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.
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Another fun week in Alison's life, huh?? 2 kids and a dog to worry about.........thinking of Prince tomorrow and hoping that your son keeps his promise!
Glad that you have the start of a plan forming for Adrienne, I can understand your desire to get back on track, but it sounds like this 'time off' may also do Adrienne some good if she's going to put on a bit of weight - continuing to think of you all.......Vx
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