The results of her test came back on Sat (11/3). Her results weren't as positive as anticipated. The chemo hasn't attacked the leukemia the way that it was supposed to, so she is basically at square one.
She was told to make a decision whether or not she wanted to go home or start a new, different treatment. Her biggest concern is whether or not she will be home for Christmas if she starts a new treatment. That is all she cares about.
If she starts a new treatment she will not come home at all. She will start it ASAP at Sloan Kettering. It will be another month in the hospital. She may have an extended stay if she goes into remission, then they would have to start the bone marrow right away and she would miss Christmas. If the new treatment doesn't work she could become more ill and possibly damage an organ, like they keep warning her. Some, all or none of these things could happen. There is no knowing.
She hasn't made a formal decision to the doctor yet.
As always, I keep telling her that it is her decision, it is her body and that no one can make these decisions for her, we can only support her.
And that's what we are doing.
As always, please go donate. In a national crisis such as we are experiencing right now, blood and platelets are needed desperately. Do something for your friends, neighbors, town, state, and people who are sick.
“I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I can't change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.”
― Charles de Lint
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