It’s been awhile since we gave an update on Adrian. Time sure has flown by the last couple months (in a good way). AJ’s been happy and healthy, and thankfully we haven’t had any trips to the hospital outside of regular monthly check-ups. AJ had a monthly appointment this morning and all of his blood […]
AJ is doing fantastic. He had his monthly check-up at Children’s Hospital today, and everything looked good. His blood counts are all within normal ranges, and as a result Dr. Pollard decided to increase the dosage on one of his medications. They like to keep his ANC below 2000 during maintenance if possible, and it […]
We’re about a month and a half into maintenance and Adrian is doing well. Overall maintenance is much easier on him, but it hasn’t been without a few hiccups. In mid-January, AJ caught a stomach virus that made him violently ill for several hours (vomiting and fever). It passed quickly and he felt better within […]
As of today, Adrian is officially in Maintenance! Hooray!! He will spend the next 2 years and 9 months in this phase, and we expect him to complete treatment in August 2012. This is a relief as our lives should get somewhat easier with AJ on a much less intense chemotherapy regimen. While 2012 seems […]
Happy Holidays! Since we last updated, a lot has happened. In short, AJ has made it through the harshest phase of treatment (Delayed Intensification) relatively unscathed, an achievement worth celebrating! However, as expected, his blood counts did drop dramatically starting late November during the most intense part of the chemotherapy. His ANC dropped to zero […]
AJ has been holding up incredibly well during the Delayed Intensification phase. The second part of the DI phase started this past week. He was at Children’s every day for some sort of chemo or procedure, including a spinal tap with methotrexate, cytoxan and cytarabine via IV and thioguanine by mouth. Definitely a challenging time, […]
Well, we’re now officially into phase IV, Delayed Intensification, and so far so good. AJ started a new drug called doxorubicin. This is a potent reddish-colored anthracycline that apparently can damage your heart in high doses. However, the dose that AJ is getting is fairly low and he only gets it 3 times, so we’ve […]
We haven’t been updating the blog very frequently because we haven’t had a lot of news to report. No news is good news, as everything continues to go smoothly for AJ. Our appointments at Children’s last week went well. AJ’s ANC had dipped the week prior to around 800, but rebounded to 2300 last week, […]
Everything continues to go well with AJ’s treatment. He is two weeks into Phase III (Interim Maintenance). This phase lasts 8 weeks and the main drugs are vincristine and methotrexate (given through IV) both of which he seems to be handling well so far. Some of the common side effects can include: nausea, vomiting, loss […]
We wanted to get the word out that our friend Dave Schappell is running the Honolulu Marathon as part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training. We are touched that he is honoring Adrian in this effort. Please check out his fundraising page, where you can make a donation: http://pages.teamintraining.org/wa/honolulu09/daveschappell We will certainly […]