The new hospital rounds doctor came in today and all he wanted to talk about was death and signing a DNR. I had to actually run him out of the room. Then the oncologist came to the room and continued to spew doom and gloom after which he says he does not treat AML patients. Great. Thanks for stopping by.
Mom's counts were a little better today. The pneumonia is a bit better too. She is still having fevers though.
We are going to have another oncologist look at her file and give us his opinion. We're considering going to another city for treatment but first we have to beat the pneumonia. The doctors do not want to transfuse until Mom's HGB falls below 7 and her platelets fall below 10. Her counts today:
plt 15 wbc 36 hgb 9 hct slightly above 25 and rbc 2.45
They keep saying it could make things worse.
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Mimi, daughter of Lucy age 77, diagnosed MDS Jan. 09; Vidaza Jan 09-Jun 09 no improvement; Clofarabine clinical trial Oct 09-Feb 10 mild improvement in blasts; blasts 4% in Aug 09; 30% Sep 09; 2% in December; 30% in March; AML diagnosed April 2010
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