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November 21, 2009 - Saturday

Posted by Ann Shortes on Saturday, November 21, 2009,
Hi everyone, sorry it has been a while since my last post.  We had a clinic visit yesterday (November 20) and one ten days prior (November 9).  Both visits were about the same - Oliver received VCR and Methotrexate through his port.  His counts were good at the November 9 visit so his dosage of Methotrexate was increased.  The visit yesterday, his ANC was down to 690, but was high enough for chemo, so he received the same dosages as November 9 with no increases.  We will just have to take the...
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November 1, 2009 - Sunday

Posted by Ann Shortes on Sunday, November 1, 2009,

Our clinic visit last Thursday (10/29) was a little more difficult than usual primarily from having the previous week free of clinic and in Oliver's mind that meant treatments were finished.  Needless to say, accessing Oliver's port did not go well despite the brave distraction efforts of the child specialist at TCH.  The psychiatric team from TCH observed the port getting accessed and is going to get back to us with some new ideas and strategies to help Oliver.  We are so thankful the hospit...


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