Treatment

Treatment to date
14 February 2015
Diagnosis: 19 January 2015
Acute myeloid leukemia
21 Jan :
transfer to Auckland hospital
22 Jan :
chemo started 7 days Rx 22hours a day
Dynarubin,  cytarabine 
Delivered via IV  groshung line in chest via superior vena cava
29 Jan :
chemo stopped
Recovery involves waiting for the blood cells to recover and begin production again
This whole round 1 of treatment takes 4-6 weeks depending on individual recovery
Neutrophils
Normal range 1.9—7.5
Colin is at…0.17
These cells are needed to fight infection
Plan:
He can go home when blood results reach a level that he can cope back home
He will go home for a short stay,  I gather anywhere between 3-14 days
Return for round 2 of chemo
Total time of Treatment:
Probably 6 months
How many chemotherapy treatments?
We don't know.  Some people here have had 4 rounds before bone marrow transplant
Every chemo treatment is tailored to the patient and their results.  No two treatment regimes are the same.
We don't know if he will have a bone marrow transplant.
Answer to most questions is: we don't know yet!