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Monthly Archives: July 2013

Owen’s Leukemia – Days 242-250

Sorry again for the delay in posting.  When we have such good days, it gets away from me.  Last week went very good.  We had a fun outing with a friend at Animal Treasures in New Castle last Thursday.  It is a zoo, but a lot smaller.  They also have a lot more interaction between […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Days 239-241

I am so thankful that the Doctor’s reduced Owen’s quantity of Methotrexate for this week.  They reduced it by 20% of what he had the time before.  It has made a world of difference.  No mouth sores, and he has been feeling great! Saturday, we took the kids to see Monsters University.  Owen loved it, […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Days 236-238

Well, yesterday was the last day of treatment in the intense phase.  2 weeks and we start Long Term Maintenance, as long as his counts are good enough.  He had a good day yesterday.  He had a hearing test in the morning, which he aced, then his chemo in the afternoon.  While he was waiting […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Days 231-235

Well, we made it through the weekend without ending up in the hospital.  Owen’s mouth sores are still there, but we have been managing the pain.  He hasn’t used too much pain medicine, and has gotten a lot better at swishing the mouthwash. Saturday we did something really fun for the boys… took them to […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Day 230

And… the mouth sores are back.  Owen woke up this morning and was talking with his jaw clenched and only moving his lips and I knew.  I had him hold some honey in his mouth (a recommendation from a good friend who has been though this before) and it seemed to help.  I looked in […]

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