Blogs about: Cord Blood

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Bubble Boy Miracle5 comments

Marrecca Fiore wrote 1 week ago: A 9-month-old boy suffering from “bubble boy” disease has been moved from pediatric ICU … more »

Tags: bubble boy disease, immunodeficiency, pneumonia, respiratory syncytial virus

Day +12: Resting6 comments

RK wrote 3 weeks ago: (from Lisa) Hi Everybody, Things are fine here — the tests done over the past few days to che … more »

Tags: All, cool Washington State stuff, cyclosporine, dilaudid, engraftment, Hutch School, hypertension, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, total body irradiation

Day +9: Holding Steady10 comments

RK wrote 3 weeks ago: From Lisa: Hi Everybody,   Managing side effects has continued to be a challenge, but Roger is mor … more »

Tags: All, cyclosporine, dilaudid, hypertension, mucositis, University of Washington Medical Center

Day 6 Update14 comments

RK wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s Sunday evening Seattle time, six days since I got my new cells.  At this point in the t … more »

Tags: mucositis, University of Washington Medical Center

Stem cells infused, and the waiting begins10 comments

RK wrote 1 month ago: (Update from Lisa)  Roger got two units of umbilical cord stem cells late in the day on June 16. … more »

Tags: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, All, University of Washington Medical Center

Total Body Irradiation11 comments

RK wrote 1 month ago: It’s Saturday evening in Seattle.  I’m three-quarters of the way through my course of … more »

Tags: All, University of Washington Medical Center, transplant conditioning, total body irradiation

Here we go17 comments

RK wrote 1 month ago: It’s Monday evening in Seattle, the skies are clearing after a long rainy spell, and I’ … more »

Tags: All, Dasatinib, Hutch School, Hyper CVAD chemotherapy, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, total body irradiation, transplant conditioning, University of Washington Medical Center

Transplant Schedule Firming Up17 comments

RK wrote 1 month ago: Barring any unanticipated delays, I’ll start the conditioning regimen for my myeloablative st … more »

Tags: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, bone marrow biopsy, All, MUGA Scan, Hyper CVAD chemotherapy, Dasatinib, University of Washington Medical Center, transplant conditioning, total body irradiation

Transplant Date Set (Tentatively) for Early June19 comments

RK wrote 1 month ago: Lisa and I met with my key doctors today.  Although results of several tests from last week’ … more »

Tags: CML, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, bone marrow biopsy, All, Dasatinib, University of Washington Medical Center

Stem Cells in Breast Milk!

Rachel wrote 2 months ago: If you read pregnancy magazines, you’ve heard about stem cells which are typically harvested f … more »

Tags: Breastfeeding, breastmilk, Stem cells

Readings from other sources, and a quick update6 comments

RK wrote 3 months ago: Here’s an interesting article from Discover Magazine about a remarkable guy who tackled PH+ A … more »

Tags: All

Needles and Hope2 comments

RK wrote 3 months ago: My Hyper CVAD chemo is now scheduled to start early Saturday morning, March 29.  I hope they will … more »

Tags: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, lumbar puncture, methotrexate, Hyper CVAD chemotherapy

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia7 comments

RK wrote 3 months ago: During the past four months, I’ve grown accustomed/resigned to having CML.  But now, the as … more »

Tags: CML, gleevec, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, lumbar puncture, All, methotrexate, cool Washington State stuff, Hyper CVAD chemotherapy, Dasatinib

Hurry up and wait5 comments

RK wrote 4 months ago: One of the more frustrating aspects of the whole leukemia thing can be uncertainty and apparent del … more »

Tags: gleevec

Shipping Out to Seattle4 comments

RK wrote 4 months ago: Dr. R e-mailed me this afternoon that Hutchinson has located cord bloods that are appropriately mat … more »

Tags: CML

Cord Blood2 comments

RK wrote 4 months ago: I spoke with Dr. R (at Hutchinson in Seattle) today.  Although there were initially 18 potential ma … more »

More cord blood coupons19 comments

Tom wrote 1 year ago: I have the latest round of cord blood coupons available. These are good for $150 savings through the … more »

Tags: Baby, Pregnant

Should you finance your baby's cord blood?

Administrator wrote 4 months ago: Because of the high cost, many expectant parents wonder if they should finance banking their baby … more »

Tags: babies, Parents, Pregnancy, Baby, Financing, Cord Blood Banking, Pregnant

What do you do if your cord blood bank closes?

Administrator wrote 4 months ago: Because it is such a new industry and cord blood storage is such a long-term investment, many expect … more »

Tags: babies, Parents, Pregnancy, cord blood bank, Baby


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