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Dearest friends and family, we can’t thank you enough for your support, thoughts and prayers. April is resting now, with very little in the way of waking moments. Sunday’s party was the most amazing thing any of us have ever witnessed. One would think that putting together an invitation list of around 80 people, plus [...]
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This morning Jeniffer Pickwell, the Nurse Practitioner working with Dr. Gharavi, came by to say that April was stabilized enough to go home. Yeah! We’re not completely home – actually, we’re visiting with April’s parents for now. Paul and Barbara’s home is just 5 minutes away from St. Mary’s North where April was admitted, and [...]
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Today was, all in all, a much better day than the last couple days for April. She was feeling better, and her color has improved a little bit. We’re still in a very precarious position, but we’re pleased to have had a good day, and we’re looking forward to Dr. Gharavi’s visit tomorrow. We’ve had [...]
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Hello All – we don’t know much at this point in time. April’s liver functions are still dangerously low, with little or no change in levels. If the chemo works, it’ll be in the next couple days. Dr. Gharavi said a successful intervention would be if we got April back to the normal liver functions [...]
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Beloved friends and family, I’m writing to inform you that April is experiencing the early stages of liver failure. She will have chemotherapy tomorrow to try to stop the cancer’s assault on her liver. We’re with family now, and praying for a successful treatment tomorrow. We love you, and will keep you informed. Mac & [...]
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Hi All, Day before yesterday, April started a new chemo drug here in Knoxville as a stopgap, while we’re waiting for a promising clinical trial to start a new cohort. We’re glad to be getting back on track – April’s last treatment was June 26th, so it was time. This new treatment involves the use [...]
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Hi Friends! I’m sorry it’s been such a long time since I last shared an update with you; I’ve got a lot to catch you up on! When I last posted, April had come to the end of the first-tier chemotherapy drugs approved by the FDA for breast cancer or metastatic breast cancer, and we [...]
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Hi All – April and I had some bad news when we met with Dr. Gharavi Monday. We’d been expecting, or at least hoping, that we would get good news regarding a decrease in size of April’s tumors, because her tumor marker tests were showing a nearly 50% drop. Unfortunately, the CT scan came back [...]
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Hi All, I wanted to give you a quick update on April: we went to Dr. Gharavi’s office this morning to find out how successful Adriamycin, which April has had 2 doses of, has been. Because April is losing her hair again, which hadn’t happened since she got off Abraxane and Avastin 8 months ago, [...]
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April is in her “off week” with Ixempra this week, which means she will hopefully be feeling pretty good by the end of the week. She’s been a little wiped out lately, but April has remained positive as ever, and still determined to continue working full time at Pellissippi. We met with Dr. Gharavi last [...]
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