Frontline Chemo (Intermin Maintenance) Weeks 4-7
It was time to return to our main treatment hospital on the Monday for Chester’s second round of high-dose chemo, the HD MTX. So as always, we arrived at the …
It was time to return to our main treatment hospital on the Monday for Chester’s second round of high-dose chemo, the HD MTX. So as always, we arrived at the …
Be warned, this post is a long one! The last couple of weeks have been quite stressful, as we have started the next phase of Chester’s chemotherapy. But the stress …
So the last couple of weeks have just involved waiting on results and also doing lots of research and making hard decisions! But it has also allowed Chester’s body to …
Although we haven’t wanted to think about it, one of the treatments for leukaemia is a bone marrow/stem cell transplant. This is usually done if a child isn’t responding to …
Toward the end of the induction treatment for Chester’s leukaemia, I mentioned briefly how Chester had to get an NG tube fitted. The reason for this is that he started …
I briefly mentioned them in previous posts during his induction, but I thought I would write a post about blood transfusions and Chester’s experience with them so far during his …
The last two weeks have been not too bad as we still haven’t been able to move on to the next stage of treatment for 2 weeks. This is because …
Chester has finally finished his second chemo induction for his B Cell ALL, for the Philadelphia positive chromosome. After a 2 week hold, we completed his last weekly cycle, and …
So in this post, there isn’t too much to tell you about chemo-wise. This is because Chester has had 2 weeks off of his chemo to allow his body to …
Following on from our last post about Chester starting his next phase of induction for his chemo, it has pretty much been the same for weeks 2 and 3. At …