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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
- Adrienne
- 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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September
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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
- New problem
- Baby steps
- Fragile
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September
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22 comments:
Adrienne's a fighter; stable is good but I know her condition will improve as this treatment continues.
Sending lots of love and prayers...
Sandy
Stable is okay. Hope you were able to get some rest last night and Adrienne is staying sedated and comfortable. Always on our minds <3
Susan
Hang in there, Adrienne.........let the chemo do it's job and the docs will do all they can to get you up and out of there.
Love and hugs to you both......<3
thinking of you both
darlene
bekah's mom
hi adrienne & alison -- hoping that your chest x-ray shows more promise. glad vitals are stable. and even more glad you're keen on having the television on. i know you're not a big sports fan but there's some great baseball and tennis on today. best wishes for some peaceful rest & healing. i'm inside today at long beach (really chilly) working on my column (almost done) and think about both of you. `ryan patrick sutton
i'm passing along adrienne's story, thinking about her and praying often.
adrienne is nothing short of amazing!!! even in these worst of times.
love you all...so much.
Hoping for improvement for Adrienne very soon, and the chemo will work just fine!!
Hugs
Gitte
Here, thinking of you two.
Call if you feel like chatting -- I'm around all night.
<3 Bek
Sending prayers that that the slight improvement in breathing is a bigger improvement tomorrow and the day after.
May tomorrow be a much better day.
Judy_smile
I am checking on Adrienne every day and don't know what to say except I am praying for you both and believe that she will be on her way out of this soon.
We're humbled by your incredible strength and courage.
As always, you're so much in our thoughts...
Hugs,
Kirsten & Ian
Alison,
Hang in there, the chemo will do it's thing and hopefully day by day things will improve, even if slowly, it will happen.
Always thinking of the two of you.
Cathy
Alison,
My heart is aching for you daily. I can't even try to imagine. We're rooting for Adrienne!!! She IS a total champ!
Stay strong, big hugs,
Stacy xo
Woke up thinking about you all again this morning....hoping that since your last post Adrienne is still stable.
((HUGS))
Susan (back home in Santa Clarita)
Hang in there...
hugs,
K
... thinking of you all, constantly. lots of hugs and well wishes P & A
Like others have said, stable is good! Thinking of you both. Hugs, Jill
Really praying hard for Adrienne...
Kerri
kjs4usc
Hi Alison,
Everyone seems to say stable is really good. They all seem to have been there, so we should believe them.
Love to all,
Mom
Hoping there has been some improvement or at least more stability and comfort for Adrienne while the chemo does it's job. Thinking of you both.
Bonnie
Tried to post from my phone earlier to no avail. Hang in there, hope you can snatch some rest here and there too.
Karen, Clare's mom
A & V sending thoughts, prayers, and encouragement your way. Stable is VERY good! It allows the chemotherapy to be administered and means no other problems will get into the way of Adrienne's rest and plans for extubation - hopefully soon. One hour at a time, one day at time....keep the faith.
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