So it has been a little while since my last update on her. We have been busy getting things ready for her trip back to the Hospital on the 23rd (7 more days). Lots of prep work for that.
She has been having a few tests throughout the last few weeks with all results coming back clean or in good standing. She had a Lumbar Puncture today as well as labs.
She will be admitted on May 23rd, sometime in the early afternoon. She will be getting a port (called implantable ports: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The next day (the 24th) will be the first day of her 4 to 5 days of radiation therapy and chemo treatments.
On Tuesday May 31st, she will be receiving stem cells from Charlene through a stem cell transplant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Charlene will also be doing some treatments prior to the 31st, to boost her blood cell production, as an outpatient. Please make sure that you keep both Charlene and Jenene in your thoughts on that Tuesday. Charlene is been such a great support for Jenene and I can’t even begin to tell you how much that means to Jenene. Not only through the donation of the stem cells, but also as a sounding point with all that Jenene has been going through. We love you Charlene!
Jenene will be limiting the amount of visitors that she will have up to the hospital for the first couple of weeks as she is going to be very weak and will be out of it for the first few days. But as her counts begin to come back up, she will be extending a broader invitation to all folks to visit. We will keep you posted.
She has also requested that no one brings gifts for her. She is requesting that the money that you may spend on a gift, be donated to her instead. If you would like to donate to her, please make the checks out to Jenene Philips and you can send them to either 1392 SE 64th Court Hillsboro, OR 97123 or 3543 SE Belmont St, Portland OR 97214.
Or visit her website with a PayPal account attached, so that you can donate to her via a credit or debit card.
That site is here: http://jenenephilips.tumblr.
She would also like to remind people that I am running in the Portland Marathon for team in Training and I am currently raising money to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. If you would like to have more information about that, please visit my website at: http://pages.teamintraining.
This and all of the other updates are on her blog at: http://neeners-updates.
If you wish to contact her, you can email her at jmphilips503@hotmail.com or call or text her at 503-341-3498. You can also find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/
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