Shannon Reeves
Hi Everyone,
Shannon has been diagnosed with
Early T-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ETP ALL)
EarlyT-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ETP-ALL) is a highly aggressive subtype of T-ALL characterized by the abnormal expression of myeloid/stem cell antigens. The plan for her is to receive 3 to 4 rounds(6-8 cycles of A and B each) of chemotherapy and get into remission. Then, she will undergo a bone marrow transplant to completely replace her bone marrow with healthy marrow and keep the disease from returning.
Shannon has many friends and family that want to stay updated on the latest news regarding her health and treatment plans. This website will serve as a place for updates so that we can post one update that everyone has access to. This frees up time spent texting many individual numbers and also prevents us from accidently leaving people out. Please feel free to leave comments on each post/update. Shannon will be able to read all of your comments.
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Updates
Sep. 2nd & 3rd
August 2nd was Labor Day. It was pretty quiet around the hospital. Shannon started was on her final bag of IV chemo. It finally finished around 7am on August 3rd. The Oncology Team (Dr. Mims and Residents) and the attending stopped by. They said she was good to...
Aug. 30th, 31st and Sep. 1st
Friday the 30th The first bag of IV chemo got started around 2am or so. This was the quickest start yet. It was probably less than 12 hours from admission. So she was admitted, PICC line placed, lab work done, chemo mixed up and started in less than 12 hours...not...
Aug. 27th, 28th, 29th
Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th Nothing to report for Tuesday the 27th. Shannon had a doctor appointment on Wednesday the 28th and we met with Dr. Abuasab for the first time in several weeks. He just returned from visiting family in Jordan. He confirmed that cell...
Aug. 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th
Friday thru Sunday (23rd - 25th) We just hung out at the house. Shannon was feeling better after her blood transfusion from the previous day. The boys helped me with some outside chores. We made some fence repairs on one side of our backyard, worked on cleaning up...
Aug. 20th, 21st, 22nd
There's not much to report on Tuesday the 20th, nor Wednesday the 21st. Shannon was at home and feeling weak and tired. On Wednesday she also noticed bruising starting to appear on her legs and arms. She had petechiae(tiny round red spots due to bleeding under the...
Aug. 17th, 18th, 19th
August 17th and 18th, there's not much to report. We had a quiet weekend. We did some chores, ordered out and Shannon did some TikTok LIVE videos. Monday the 19th, she had a clinic visit for cell count check and a doctor visit. Her cell counts are starting to drop off...
Aug 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th
Tuesday the 13th was a rough day for Shannon. She was really feeling bad from the chemotherapy she had just received over the weekend in the hospital. She was feeling achy, nauseous, and tired all day. I gave her the PRN meds for pain and nausea which helped some. I...
Aug 12th
The Oncology Team stopped by early Monday morning. Her labs looked good except her hemoglobin was low. Normal hemoglobin for an adult female is around 12 - 16 g/dl. Shannon's has been running lower around 9.5 to 10. Monday morning it was 6.6 g/dl and the lower...
Aug 10th and 11th
The headache from Friday night resolved by morning. We think it was just related to getting intrathecal chemo but not necessarily a CSF leak like she had last time. We're just glad it went away on it's own. The weekends are pretty quiet around here. All of the doctors...
Aug 9th
Shannon had a good night with the chemotherapy. It's still running (24 hour infusion). It will be completed around midnight tonight. Then she will start a different one that is given every 12 hours. The only side effect she experienced was some night sweats and...