by Dianne | Dec 5, 2011
Well, we knew it was a possibility, and sure enough, on day 10 of this hospitalization, Tyler’s mucositis is back. Later today he will be getting a pain pump so he can at least tolerate drinking. Right now his tongue and throat hurt too much to either eat or...
by Dianne | Dec 2, 2011
Tyler’s last IV chemo was Wednesday morning. He never got the expected eye infection with the high dose Ara-C and no longer has to take the steroid drops! He started taking the sorafenib Wednesday night, and unfortunately almost immediately started back with...
by Dianne | Nov 29, 2011
Tyler’s course so far since he arrived back at the hospital has been a little touch and go, but mostly he’s felt pretty well in comparison with the last few weeks. The high dose Ara-C is causing headaches, nausea and vomiting, but it seems mostly to be...
by Dianne | Nov 26, 2011
The transplant team has selected the donor for Tyler! Between the two 10 out of 10 matches, a 43-year-old man from Europe (still don’t know what country) proved to be the best match. He does not have the same blood type, so Ty’s blood type will actually...
by Dianne | Nov 25, 2011
Tyler’s post on Facebook today was “Home Sweet Hopkins.” Here we are again, this time for chemo course #3. To update you on Tyler’s home visit, which started a week ago today, it was kind of topsy turvy. He certainly wasn’t the same boy...
