by James & Shannon | Jul 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Today was a good day. Shannon had her 1st chemo infusion late last night and another one this morning. No issues with either infusion. She had no nausea and her pain is much better today. She probably had her best night of sleep last night. Dr Fakess (the...
by James & Shannon | Jul 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
The first IV Chemotherapy medication officially began around 11:30pm. They gave her 3 different premeds to prevent nausea including one to protect her bladder. In general, most medications or their metabolites are eventually excreted thru the urine and some of the...
by James & Shannon | Jul 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
We’ve been anxiously waiting all morning for Dr. Abuasab to stop by. He showed up around noon with residents in tow. He has given Shannon a diagnosis of:Early T-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ETP ALL). He said that 10 years ago the prognosis would...
by James & Shannon | Jul 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Shannon was NPO since midnight last night for her line placement this morning. She slept pretty good last night. She showered this morning and was looking all pretty when they took her to Interventional Radiology for the line placement. I was thinking...
by James & Shannon | Jul 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
This post will include events from yesterday, July 9th, and today, July 10th. Yesterday our daughter Jesslyn came to sit with Shannon while I was out running around. I had to go home to take care of some items at the house: Took the boys with me to get gas for the...
