Dear Friends,
We are finally going home after 7 weeks in isolation, though Lindsey will go back and forth to the hospital every other day for outpatient testing, medicines and transfusions. Please continue your donations of blood and platelets as her treatment/recovery period will be ongoing for the next six months to a year.
As you know, Lindsey has been battling Leukemia since April of 2005. Today, after overcoming innumerable challenges, hospitalizations, and a stem cell transplant, we as a family are asking you to help us give back to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in Lindsey’s honor.
You have all played a huge role in our fight to date by so generously donating blood and platelets, supporting our search for a stem cell donor, as well as your expressions of concern and encouragement. Thank you!
Our Doctors at MSKCC are currently working on numerous investigational approaches, by means of clinical trials, to improve the treatment of AML. For example, they are working to refine combination chemotherapy, investigate new transplantation approaches, and identify what causes Leukemic cells to multiply.
We would like to raise funds in honor of Lindsey and her amazing attitude as she bravely fights this terrible disease. All gifts will be directed to the ongoing research conducted by the team of doctors who have treated Lindsey.
Please mail all gifts to:
Katie Kotkins
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
633 3rd Avenue, 28th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Katie is also available to answer any questions you may have. Please feel free to contact her directly at (646) 227-2511 or kotkinsk@mkscc.org.
We hope that you will join us in this effort and thank you again for all of your support during this challenging time.
Warmest wishes,
The Brass Family
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Thursday, October 12, 2006
October 12, 2006
Hi everyone,
Finally some good news to report. Today we got the results of last Thursday's Bone Marrow test. They have successfully grafted the umbilical cord blood to her bone marrow. Her white blood count is 1,700. 7,000 is normal. She is on her way to recovery!
Last Saturday her triple port in her chest split and blood was spurting out, quite frightening. They clamped it shut and accessed her single port in her chest. This meant the only I.V. medicine, anti rejection drug, was going into her mediport, whereas she had three lines going simultaneously with other helpful drugs. As it was Saturday, they called in a surgeon to remove the broken triple port and place a new one on her other side. They were worried as her white blood counts were low for operating. But we didn't have a choice. She was stable after the procedure and on Tuesday her counts miraculously moved up to 1000! Still feeling very ill and hurting from this procedure, we thought she was probably going to have to stay another month, very depressing. Then Wednesday came and we had all this good news.
Now that her white blood cells are coming up , her body will start to repair itself. She has not eaten and has been sleeping most of the time. They will not release her until she eats and can move around better. So we have some more recovery time to spend here.
When she is released, she has to come back to the hospital frequently for her transfusions and I.V. medicines. So please continue to give blood and platelets. We couldn't have done this without you!
Thank you for your continued prayers.
Fondly,
Lindsey, Barbara & David
Finally some good news to report. Today we got the results of last Thursday's Bone Marrow test. They have successfully grafted the umbilical cord blood to her bone marrow. Her white blood count is 1,700. 7,000 is normal. She is on her way to recovery!
Last Saturday her triple port in her chest split and blood was spurting out, quite frightening. They clamped it shut and accessed her single port in her chest. This meant the only I.V. medicine, anti rejection drug, was going into her mediport, whereas she had three lines going simultaneously with other helpful drugs. As it was Saturday, they called in a surgeon to remove the broken triple port and place a new one on her other side. They were worried as her white blood counts were low for operating. But we didn't have a choice. She was stable after the procedure and on Tuesday her counts miraculously moved up to 1000! Still feeling very ill and hurting from this procedure, we thought she was probably going to have to stay another month, very depressing. Then Wednesday came and we had all this good news.
Now that her white blood cells are coming up , her body will start to repair itself. She has not eaten and has been sleeping most of the time. They will not release her until she eats and can move around better. So we have some more recovery time to spend here.
When she is released, she has to come back to the hospital frequently for her transfusions and I.V. medicines. So please continue to give blood and platelets. We couldn't have done this without you!
Thank you for your continued prayers.
Fondly,
Lindsey, Barbara & David
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