Monday, 12 May 2014
All of today’s procedures (listed below) were completed without incident:
Access Porta Cath
Blood Sample for Complete Blood Count (CBC)
General Anesthesia (Propofol)
Access Central Nervous System (CNS) via a Lumbar Puncture (LP)
Sample Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Infuse chemotherapy drug Methotrexate into CNS
Bone Marrow Biopsy from Pelvis
Today’s procedures were successfully completed by:
13:00 HST / 7:00 PM Corning, NY / 8:00 PM Halifax, NS / 23:00 GMT
15:00 HST Update: Back home safely. Ella was incredibly brave. Today is day 29 of the 35 day the “Induction” phase of Ella’s 30 month treatment protocol. For those of you who are keeping score: this will be the 3rd lumbar puncture and 2nd bone marrow biopsy since 08 April, 2014.
DNA analysis of the leukemia cells present in today’s bone marrow sample will determine Ella’s long-term risk profile: High, Standard, or Low; and her specific treatment protocol.
We hope to recieve the results later this week.
The DNA analysis is performed on the mainland.
Pictured above are Nurse Irvin and Ella at North Beach,
Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii. “Semper Fi”
We say prayers of thanks to God each morning for the gift of another day.
We pray for all the people who are praying for Ella.
Thank you for your prayers.