Late Update – Didn’t post an update last night.

Dr Sukumar and his Residents stopped by, he’s the Oncologist/Hematologist rounding this week. Dr Abuasab is off and will be visiting family in Jordan.

Good news: there’s no cancerous cells in her CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid). Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear, colorless body fluid found within the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. When They took a sample of her CSF a few days ago just before they gave her intrathecal chemotherapy.  They’ll take a sample and check it every time before intrathecal chemo…from what I understand.  This type of cancer is known to sometimes travel to the brain and/or spinal cord area. That’s why they’re giving the intrathecal chemo to prevent it from happening.

We also met with Dr Hill from the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy/Baylor College of Medicine.  She explained the bone marrow transplant process to us. Shannon will be inpatient at Methodist hospital for about 1 month when she does the BMT. That’s still a few months away though. We will need to find a donor that matches up with her. Most of the time this is a sibling but there’s also a huge database of available Donors they check with. They’re looking for an HLA match. I’ll explain more on future posts.

No chemotherapy today. No IV hooked up at all. She ate well, Chick-fil-A for breakfast and shrimp/crab boil for dinner.

We had a quiet night since there was no IV running. Overall, she’s tolerating the treatment really well. She’s just feeling a bit overwhelmed and uncertain. We’ve got a game plan to address that area too.