Monday, April 16, 2007

Looking forward...

Here's a recap of what's going on with Kristi.
  1. She's in the Huntsman Cancer Hospital. (her address is at the bottom of that link)
  2. She has Acute Myeloid Leukemia. (but we don't know why)
  3. She just finished a round of chemotherapy.
  4. Today is day 10 of treatment, but she's actually been here for 14.
  5. On Treatment-day 14 (Friday), she will have another bone marrow biopsy. They are looking for less than five percent "blasts" and less than 20% cellular density.
  6. If the biopsy isn't "good", they will do another round of chemotherapy, a 5 day run.
  7. She has complex cytogenetics.
  8. We know that she will (most likely) need a bone marrow transplant.
  9. She's (finally) working again. On research even.
  10. Her physical therapy will now involve her very own bike!
  11. She should be able to leave the 4th floor on day 28.
Here's the bike setup.

3 comments:

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Unknown said...

Hi Kristi...

We've been following your progress and happy to see you looking so "perky". We love you and are looking forward to our visit in May. Keep up to good work, my friend!

Love, Paul and De

BettyJo said...

Hey Kristi,

Your bike looks awesome! :) I'm glad you're not letting it get lonely. I put together a bike yesterday here in Germany and I thought of you. It is a super sweet bike. It has rear gear brakes, and is a three speed but has some internal hidden shifting apparatas.. strange. Anyway, it is from like 1960 or something.. it is red- so I thought of Miriah.. and I rode it a lot today (well, and walked it some too-- hills were too steep for out of shape me). Anyway, I miss you and I am glad to see that you are still as stylish as ever and that you are getting exercise!!! :)