Update from April 9th

Jenene has been admitted back to OHSU - Kohler Pavilion room #17 (room phone #503-346-1417). She will be here for another round of her HyperCVAD - Course B (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCVAD#Course_B) for about 4 or 5 days. And then she will be back at her Mom’s house for about 2 to 3 weeks.

The transplant doctor (Dr. Gajewski - http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/health/services/providers/gajewski.cfm or Dr. G for short), was here checking on her and he gave us a little bit of a schedule for the upcoming treatments:
1. After this round of chemotherapy, she will return home for recovery for about 4 weeks while her counts come back up.
2. She will need to visit the doctor 2 to 3 times a week during her recovery to check her vitals and draw blood for labs.
3. About 2 weeks after her counts are back up they will readmit her to OHSU and prep her for her transplant. This will consist of her receiving more chemotherapy and some radiation therapy prior to the transplant.
4. The doctors will then discuss Charlene’s procedures with her and Jenene and prep Charlene for her procedure.
5. The transplant visit could be 4 to 8 weeks in the hospital.
6. Once she is out of the hospital after the transplant, she will have a very intensive outpatient follow-up program for 3 to 6 months to check vitals, labs and receive meds when needed. This program may also include a readmit to the hospital.
7. ALL OF THIS DEPENDS ON WHAT THE TWO DOCTORS (Dr. G. or Dr. Kovacsovics http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/health/services/providers/kovacsov.cfm or Dr. K for short) DECIDE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WILL BE.

If anyone needs to have the past updates please view Jenene’s blog: http://neeners-updates.blogspot.com/

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Thank you again for all your love and support of Jenene.