Sunday, September 13, 2009

Clarification

I just wanted to clarify my last blog. While the tests came back negative for the presence of leukemia cells in her marrow, this does not mean that there is no presence of leukemia in her body or in her marrow. The doctors are limited by the current technology that they use to test for the presence of leukemia cells. They know that there is still leukemia present in various stages in her body and this is why the treatment lasts 2 1/2 years. The next seven months of chemotherapy is still very aggressive because the remaining leukemia cells are much harder to eliminate.

5 comments:

  1. It's great to hear the bone marrow tests came back favorably. I'm so sorry McKenna is feeling sick though. Let her know we are rooting for her and praying for her still!

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  2. McKenna, that is fantastic news! Extremely encouraging. We'll keep praying for you. Way to fight girl, keep it up.

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  3. Awesome job keeping up the blog. I love that whenever I want to know how McKenna's doing I can just click a link!

    So awesome that McKenna seems so strong through all of this.

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  4. Great news, but sorry Kenna is going through a rough patch. What can we do?

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  5. that is great that kenna is doing great :) <3

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