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Category Archives: Chemo

Owen’s Leukemia – Days 196-200

WOW!  Today is day 200!  I can’t believe it!  Sorry I have been absent… we have been busy.  Friday, Owen had his Cardiologist appointment in the morning.  I thought it was just going to be a follow-up consult type of appointment, but they ended up doing a EKG.  SO, that was a huge fight.  Owen […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Day 189

We got to the hospital nice and early this morning.  They drew Owen’s blood, and it was good!!  So, all was a go for treatment today.  He had a spinal tap, got methotrexate in his spinal fluid, methotrexate through IV and Vincristine through the IV.  He did awesome!  The rest of the afternoon he has […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Day 162

Back to the hospital to start the 4 days of Cytarabine.  I was shocked to see that his blood counts were really high, considering.  His Doctor’s say they will drop a lot over the next week or two, but right now he is feeling good and we will take it!  He got the chemo today, […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Days 154-155

Sorry I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday.  We had a beautiful day!  It was gorgeous outside, and we had the privilege of celebrating a birthday with one of Owen’s good friends, Anna.  We played at the park for a long time and had a blast!! Today, not as fun… Owen’s appointment was at […]

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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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