Margaret felt like taking a stroll onto the patio at Thunderbird Sam Hospital. We sat there and had a great conversation.
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Thinking of You
Keep all your prayers coming for our sweet Margaret
Margaret enters Pier 344
Margaret's first day on the pier prior to setting sail on her chemo journey
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Margaret" s Ocean View
Margaret is using the ocean and a ship as her metaphor for beating the leukemia
Don't bring flowers....Margaret's Chemo Regime
INDUCTION OF REMISSION — The most common remission induction regimen includes cytarabine (cytosine arabinoside, Ara-C, or Cytosar), given continuously for seven days through an intravenous (IV) line. Daunorubicin (Daunomycin, Cerubidine, or Rubidomycin) is given in a single IV dose for the first three days of treatment. This is sometimes known as the "7+3" regimen. In some medical centers a variation of this regimen is used, in which daunorubicin is replaced by idarubicin, or cytarabine is given alone in much higher doses. Read more at:http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=blod_dis/2244
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My thoughts and prayers are with you. You are a true warrior.
Deb/Jon here. sorry we haven't contacted you until now but you have not been far from our thoughts since we heard. We know you will be fine because you are in God's hands and there's no better place to be. Think positive thoughts and we'll come see you soon.
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