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Sunday, August 7th, 2005Sam (and Neil, Margot, & Andy) would like to wish his Grandma Joan a Happy Birthday (she’s 50 and holding)! He promises to buy you a Baskin-Robbins Mint-Chip Ice Cream Cake next time he sees you. He would also like to thank Grandma Sara for coming to visit and being a big help.
August 6, 2005 (Day +1)
Saturday, August 6th, 2005I wanted to write about the things that bring a smile to Sam’s face and thank everyone who helps! the night shift nurses from San Diego who emailed. when I told Sam, he sat up in bed and said ‘really!’. he was very excited – thank you! the ChemoAngels who always have letters and packages […]
August 5, 2005 (Day 0)
Friday, August 5th, 2005Sam’s stem cell transplant was fine. No reactions, no fevers. Just a quick infusion of his stem cells collected after round 2 in March. We are very thankful that Sam has done so well and has made it this far. The rest of the day was pretty standard. We’re doing our best to fill every […]
August 4, 2005
Thursday, August 4th, 2005Friday is the stem-cell infusion. Day 0 in the vernacular of our protocol. Sam has done amazing so far; lots of energy, building puzzles & doing mazes, working on his ninja moves. His immune system is dropping as expected. We cross the threshold tomorrow where he goes into isolation. This is normal and expected. He […]
August 3, 2005
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005There’s a beautiful little girl at Children’s San Diego who needs some prayers. Her name is Kelsey. She’s 5, a beautiful little blond bundle of energy, and is an incredibly strong fighter. She’s battling leukemia for the second time and needs her immune system to respond. Please pray that her WBC’s kick in. Her mom […]
August 1, 2005
Monday, August 1st, 2005Cocktails anyone? Just injecting a bit of humor since Sam is enjoying his chemo cocktail at the moment. Cocktail is how the medical profession refers to multiple chemo agents being infused at the same time. The good news is that he’s almost done! He needs to have 4 days of carboplatin & etoposide plus 3 […]
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