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Owen’s Leukemia – Days 143-145

We had a great weekend.  Friday we went to the hospital for Owen’s appointment.  They wanted to draw some blood to check his counts.  We also talked to his Doctor about the Erwinia and what it means that he isn’t getting any more doses of it.  He made us feel more at ease about them […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Day 142

ALL GONE. I can’t believe how quick it goes once it starts.  Monday was the first day we noticed some of it coming out, and Tuesday we did a cut, but today he had a lot of bald spots… it was time for it all to go.  I think he looks AWESOME! He had a […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Day 141

Back to the hospital today for another round of the Erwinia.  His appointment was at 1, but they wanted us there before noon so they could draw his bloodwork.  They send it to the lab stat, but that means the lab has 60-90 minutes to get the results back.  The longer we wait for the […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Day 140

Well, the day has finally come.  We shaved Owen’s head… well, not completely, but super short.  We noticed yesterday that his hair was starting to fall out, but today, he was pulling it out by the handfuls.  He asked to get it cut.  We thought we would go short, but not completely bald just yet.  […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Day 139

Happy Monday!  Today starts the really rough part of Owen’s treatment.  The next three weeks are going to be hell.  This week we go today, Wednesday and Friday for Erwinia (the drug that he is getting because he was allergic to the PEG), next week we go Monday, Wednesday (which is a whole list of […]

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