Kp just had her "day 14" bone marrow biopsy. This is her second one so far. She has another in five days. Right now they are looking to see if the chemo worked. The next one will help verify that. Later there will be more biopsies to check for remission. The process took about an hour. Her doctor (seen to the right) did the procedure. There were two separate extractions. The first extracted liquid bone marrow, the second took a core sample. The core sample is important at this point; it will allow the pathologist to measure the cellular density. They gave her a shot of morphine to deal with the pain. She felt nothing after the lidocaine. However, now she's very sleepy.
I asked Dr. Aaron to hold the needle and look menacing. I think he did a great job.
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That needle would make a kitten look menacing. Yikes!
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