A visit this morning from Dr. Luke proved very informative. Platelet counts are holding at around 10. We anticipate a rise over the weekend. Red blood dipped a bit and she may be transfused this weekend. Strong indications are for a Monday release.
I asked Dr. Luke - in the hypothetical - that should mom be deemed in remission when she has her bone marrow test at the City of Hope on Jan. 14, what would be the next steps. He said that it was likely that the following Monday she would be readmitted for consolidation chemo therapy. If she is not in remission then we would await the recommendations of the City of Hope on experimental treatments that could be used to get the cancer in remission.
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So if it shows that she is remission, does that mean that she wouldn't have the bone marrow transplant? Is that considered one of the "experimental" treatments?
Not at all, we would probably move ahead with bone marrow. It is important that the cancer doesn't come back. That is why they do consolidation chemo.
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