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December 28, 2009 Monday

Posted by Ann Shortes on Monday, December 28, 2009,
Today, we started delayed intensification (DI), the most intensive phase before what they call long term maintenance chemo which lasts for 3 years. DI lasts 8 weeks and introduces various new drugs.  It was a long day at clinic today, but Oliver did extremely well with his port access, spinal tap, chemo and de-access.  He hardly cried and kept very still during the spinal tap and port access.  He received VCR and a new drug, doxorubicin.  He also starts a high dosage of dex pills tomorrow (st...
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December 12, 2009 Saturday

Posted by Ann Shortes on Saturday, December 12, 2009,

Sorry for the delay in updates, we have been quite busy with work, doctor appointments and preparation for the holidays and new baby.  Oliver has had two clinic visits since the last post, one on November 30 and one yesterday, December 11.  On the November 30 visit Oliver received IV VCR and methotrexate via IV and a spinal injection/tap. Almost of all of Oliver's counts were "normal" at the November 30 visit - with "normal" meaning almost what you would expect for a healthy child without can...


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