Leukemia 101

This blog is for and dedicated to my mom Robin. Robin was diagnosed with Accute Myelogenous Leukemia on March 16th 2010. After some tests to find out the cause of her fatigue, it was revealed that she had a low hemoglobin level. upon further tests and a bone marrow biopsy doctors determined that she has Leukemia. So with that being said this is her story.


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Good news

I just got off the phone with Mom and Dad and Mom sounded really great! She is getting her bodily functions back to normal and really feeling good. I was talking alot of technical mumbo jumbo with Dad about blood and when Mom was admitted to the hospital her Leukemia level in her blood was at 7%, a couple of days later it had dropped to 4% then 3% and yesterday to 0%!!! This is in the "periferial blood" only, meaning the blood in her body outside the marrow. They will check her bone marrow after 14 days to see where she is at. In the meantime she has been given a portable oxegyn tank so that she can walk more extensively and today she went for a long walk and then does exercises in bed. She needs to keep her lungs moving so that they don't fill with fluid. Dad assures me that she is in the best possible care at the hospital. Thats all for now more info to come later.

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