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A Day In The Life......: October 2005
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A Day In The Life. Monday, October 31, 2005. Time to start eating the candy. Not only have I lost the 30 pounds of fluid build up, but I drop an extra 10 pounds. Talk about yo-yo dieting. Well at least I do not have to watch how much candy I have. Posted by LivingStrong at 7:24 PM. Saturday, October 29, 2005. Recovering, happy halloween. Happy Halloween, I am starting to feel better. Here's our pumpkins that we carved today. A week to go for the next treatment. Posted by LivingStrong at 9:36 PM. Well, Ka...
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A Day In The Life......: November 2005
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A Day In The Life. Wednesday, November 16, 2005. December 5th Next Round of IL-2. Anyways, treatment on Dec. 5th will be 10 rounds of IL-2 depending on how he does. We are hoping there will be a longer break to let him recover more and next round Jan 2nd maybe. We will know more after he gets done with the Dec 5th. Posted by LivingStrong at 5:43 PM. Saturday, November 12, 2005. Angiogram Results- Healthy Heart. Posted by LivingStrong at 2:59 AM. Monday, November 07, 2005. Posted by LivingStrong at 1:28 PM.
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A Day In The Life......: May 2006
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A Day In The Life. Wednesday, May 24, 2006. No Brain Surgery, Chemo continues. We went to the neurosurgeon yesterday and no brain surgery, they are going to let the chemo and radiation work. Karl is feeling much better and hasn't used his cane in two days. He actually went into work today! Posted by LivingStrong at 8:02 AM. Saturday, May 20, 2006. Karl is extremely happy to be home and to have his medi port back in (he desperately wants to play in the pool with Anika and go to Hawaiian Falls next weekend...
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A Day In The Life......: April 2006
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A Day In The Life. Friday, April 28, 2006. Scans are done and we should be at Dr. Wyzinski's next week for the results.pray that there isn't any more surprises. Posted by LivingStrong at 11:45 AM. Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Chemo Under Way. Hope For Clinical Trials. Posted by LivingStrong at 11:02 AM. Friday, April 21, 2006. Neurosurgeon has cleared Karl to drive when needed. Since he hasn't had a seizure and his brain isn't swollen anymore, he's ok to drive. YEAH! Posted by LivingStrong at 1:39 PM.
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A Day In The Life......: September 2005
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A Day In The Life. Friday, September 30, 2005. Posted by LivingStrong at 1:59 PM. 14 Doses is the Lucky Number. Last dose will be at Midnight on Friday, we found out that he will be doing 14 doses- the average person can usually handle 8 to 11 doses of the Interluekin. He's just so healthy and his body is faring it so well that they are going for fourteen. Bummer for him because we thought the last one would be tonight. one more day. Posted by LivingStrong at 1:38 AM. Thursday, September 29, 2005. Wellhe...
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A Day In The Life......: December 2005
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A Day In The Life. Friday, December 30, 2005. Karl starts finally some time today. He called me this morning to say they will be moving him to the ICU and IL2 should start soon. It appears the oncologist on call finally gave him the green light. more to come. Posted by LivingStrong at 9:05 AM. Thursday, December 29, 2005. A little good news. But the really good news, Karl's lumps that got taken off last Friday were benign! A late but great christmas wish comes true! Posted by LivingStrong at 5:43 PM.
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A Day In The Life......: January 2006
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A Day In The Life. Tuesday, January 31, 2006. More details to come after we see the surgeon. On the plus side, all the other spots of melanom except two on his trachea are gone. The trachea ones have not grown or shrunk so we are grateful for that. I was hoping he would be cancer free but not yet. Posted by LivingStrong at 3:40 PM. Monday, January 30, 2006. Karl still home waiting on PET. Posted by LivingStrong at 1:38 PM. Tuesday, January 24, 2006. Karl Home waiting on scans. Sunday, January 08, 2006.
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A Day In The Life......: June 2006
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A Day In The Life. Friday, June 30, 2006. Karl might have another staph infection- he spiked a 104 temp today and they did a culture on his blood and it came back with staph. He had an EKG today to make sure his heart is not affected (no news on the results) and they continued to push antibiotics by IV. He also got a blood transfusion today. Posted by LivingStrong at 9:11 PM. Thursday, June 29, 2006. Karl back in the hospital. Posted by LivingStrong at 4:34 PM. Sunday, June 25, 2006. Karl Is Back In the ...
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A Day In The Life......: February 2006
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A Day In The Life. Tuesday, February 28, 2006. Karl starts next treatment. Other than having side effects from the antiseizure medicine making Karl tired, loopy and slurring like a drunk, things here are peaceful. Posted by LivingStrong at 8:03 PM. Wednesday, February 22, 2006. Karl is staying over night one more night. The doctor wants to make sure his levels are all ok and blood test showed he didn't have enough anti seizure medicine in his system. Here's the other side. Looking yummy! Karl in Rm 507.
