Since you asked, I'm doing fine. I'm eating and even sleeping with a few pharmaceutical aids. The hospital has fairly good food and, even though they don't allow food in the icu, they let me bring stuff in. Adrienne is on tpn so I don't think my food poses a risk to her. My brother in law, Kent, is here for a few weeks to help out too. Thank you so much, Kent. He even got to chase Caesar around the house this morning so he could get his bath.
I don't have much news on Adrienne since we've only seen the onc. She still has no white count and her liver numbers are up even more. Her breathing seems good so I'm hoping they can go down on the vent settings again today.
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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.
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- No words
- What kind of fungus?
- No changes
- Disseminated Candida
- I miss Adrienne
- Long long night
- Not bad news
- Don't know much
- Tomorrow
- Talked to Dr. O
- COUNTS!!!
- Why post?
- What's between nothing and Xanax?
- NVCI Visit
- Nurse Ratchet?
- Like herding cats
- Big decisions
- Thoughts
- More trouble breathing
- L'Shana Tova
- Quiet night
- No sleep
- Mochi vs matzo
- Where are we?
- Afternoon update
- Liver failure?
- Doc update
- Bad night
- 3 weeks
- A week
- Sludge
- Yeah!
- I'm ok
- Infectious disease day
- Good and bad
- Long days
- No change
- Late update
- A little better
- No change
- Intubated
- Spoke too soon
- PICC Line In
- GND it is
- You won't believe this
- Talked to Dr O
- PCP Pneumonia?
- Back on BiPAP
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3 comments:
It's good to hear that you are doing well, all things considered. And of course, still here hoping for good news for Adrienne daily. Thank you so much for taking the time to keep everyone posted. You are both amazing women.
Amen, Bonnie!
Alison, I know you will take care of yourself because you practise what you preach ;0)
Know how very much you're loved, Supermom...........<3
Hi Alison,
That's interesting about Sephardic Jews. My side is definitely Ashkenazi, but we don't know much about Dad's side. His grandfather was German, but we don't know about the Transylvanian relatives. Who knows what genes any of us are carrying. Hang in there.
Love,
Mom
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