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Friday, January 14, 2011

So the results are in. Mitchell has Diffuse Large B cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He is stage 3. He goes in Monday to start his first round of Chemo. His day on Monday will start with a spinal tap to see if the cancer has spread to his spinal fluid, and will receive an injection of Chemo in the spinal fluid to act as a prophylactic to prevent it from spreading. Then he goes to his room where he will begin his treatment of four other drugs (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, and rasburicase). He should be in the hospital for about three day, then home, where he will continue the Prednisone till the eighth day, at that time he will go through more scans to see how much the lymph nodes have shrunk. The doctors want a 20% reduction after the first treatment! At that time he starts round 2. We won't get into that now, everything depends on the first treatment.

I will text everyone his room # and post it here. Visiting hours are 9am to 9pm they extend if we're good.

Mitchell is doing just fine! He was following his nurse around in a wheel chair. She walked faster than he could roll it so he jumped out and pushed it. He's still got his spunk!

4 comments:

  1. It's great to hear he's doing well! I can't wait to see you guys when I get back to town.

    Daniel

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  2. Hi Mitchell,
    This is Celine from Colorado.I hope you're doing well. I'm using Grandma's computer to send this to you. We have lots of snow and our little dogs can hardly walk through it.
    Take Care,
    Celine

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  3. Hello Mitchell!

    We're not surprised to hear you've still got your spunk! Your spunk and your ever-present fabulous smile are what we love about you!

    One of my chemo nurses gave me the following quote that I still carry with me today: "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~ Winston Churchill

    You know we'll be up to visit you to help you pass the time with fun, laughs and lots of love!

    Livestrong and Cheers!
    Karen, John, Sammi and Jack

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  4. Hi Mitchell! Kim, Fred and Cooper Say Hi and we are so glad to hear you have your spunk! It was great to see you all last weekend. Hugs to all!

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