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Friday, April 6, 2007

Day 8- Dylan and His Mom

Tonight Dylan stopped by for a visit with his mom, while he was there he drew a picture for her. If you look closely it says, " I love you mom." This made Margaret very happy.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Day 6- Pep Squad

Got this great picture of Margaret & Ken's kids from Claudia. Dylan, Erin, and Jessica.

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AML: What Margaret has to beat

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is a fast-growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow. In AML, the bone marrow makes many unformed cells called blasts. Blasts normally develop into white blood cells that fight infection. However, the blasts are abnormal in AML. They do not develop and cannot fight infections. The bone marrow may also make abnormal red blood cells and platelets. The number of abnormal cells (or leukemia cells) grows quickly. They crowd out the normal red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets the body needs.

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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Friday, April 6, 2007

Dylan's Sketch

Day 8- Dylan and His Mom

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Day 6- Pep Squad

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