Jenene has been at OHSU for about a week now and has received her radiation and chemotherapy treatments all week. She has been feeling ok, with only slight nausea and pain from her port site.
She is currently receiving Cyclosporine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciclosporin) which will help her body to accept the stem cells from Charlene. She will probably have to continue this treatment when she gets out of the hospital as well.
With her chemotherapy treatment (Cyclophosphamide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytoxan), there is a chance of damage to her kidneys, so they are combating that with the use of Mesna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesna) that will help protect and detoxify her kidneys and vital organs while she receives her chemo treatments.
She finished the 8 rounds of the TBI radiation therapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_body_irradiation) on Friday and then received the chemo treatment yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday). She will have a day off tomorrow (Monday) from any treatments; other than her regular meds and the cyclosporine.
On Tuesday morning, Charlene will be admitted as an outpatient at 6am and they will then begin the process for harvesting her stem cells to give to Jenene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell_transplant#Allogeneic).
Otherwise she has been in pretty good spirits, she has been taking walks around the ward and has been eating regular meals.
She is still wanting to wait to have visitors, but please call, text or email her to keep in touch. She may want to see someone at anytime, but please ask her first before coming up. We will keep everyone informed.
Charlene has been doing well too with her neupogen shots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filgrastim), with some pain in her body from the growth of her bone marrow. Please keep sending her good thoughts at: charlene.bronson@gmail.com.
If you still wish 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 card. That site is here: http://jenenephilips.tumblr.com/.
Please pass on the following link to those who may want to know about her past treatments and to keep a watch on her progress: http://neeners-updates.blogspot.com/. You can also email her at jmphilips503@hotmail.com or find her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenene.philips.
Thank you all for your support.
Ross
Team in Training: http://pages.teamintraining.org/oswim/portland11/ryoungman
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