Mom has been steadily been progressing since the bone marrow transplant. Her weekly visits to the cancer have since tapered to every other week.
Today's visit was mostly positive. Mom's blood
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Mild COVID & Good News From Bone Marrow Biopsy
Mom's COVID symptoms have been super mild. She hasn't had a fever and aside for fatigue and some aches/pains she's been
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Rollercoaster: Great Improvements & Now COVID
We met with Mom's transplant doctor on Monday to address Mom's overwhelming despair and her pervasive fatigue. Laura had
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Rehab Continues…
Mom has had at least one more fall since she moved to the Rehab earlier this month. Because of the blood thinners and
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Day 1: Rehab!
Mom is still recovering from the effects of the steroids and graft vs host. She's grown significantly weaker over the
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Thanks for all the love! Mom’s still not texting though
As you may have noticed, Mom is hard to reach on the phone. Sadly that's unlikely to change for now.
We'll keep
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Home from the hospital and making slow progress
Mom's blood counts are back on the rise and she has been released from the hospital.
The results from her endoscopy
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Back In The Hospital, Day 3
Based on her dehydration, they've pulled Mom back into the hospital for a "tune-up".
She's returned to the bone
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Transplant Day 26: The Long Road Of Recovery
Mom came home from the hospital on Wednesday, September 22! The doctors were pleasantly surprised to find that Mom's
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Preparing for Mom’s Bone Marrow Transplant
Mom had her last pre-transplant meeting with her Oncologist today. Her blood #s are still good. 👍🏻
It’s all
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Mom Is In Remission
Mom just met with her doctors to review this morning's blood work and the results of her bone marrow biopsy.
For the
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Down The Shore
About halfway through our 5-day "Summa With Ya Mutha" Jersey shore getaway with Mom, the Silvermans, Abramsons, and
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April 9, Day 5: Discharge Day!
Mom's coming home today!
She saw the infectious disease doctor:It's not a fungal infection (that's good
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April 8, Day 4 in Hospital
I just spoke with Mom. She slept most of the day. She's taking some painkillers, but overall is feeling less
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April 6, Day 2: Hospitalization
10PM Update:
Mom got a transfusion this evening. It seems like it may have been two bags of blood (a first for
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April 5, Day 1: Hospitalization
Mom's cheek has been hurting for a few days. Around dinner time she really wasn't feeling well, turns out she had a
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Receiving Mom’s Prognosis
Mom and I had a blast at the cancer center on my first visit there. We took selfies near the big cancer sign and we even
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