Jill Update

The purpose of this weblog was to keep Jill's family and friends current on her treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Jill passed away on January 20, 2013 after a 10 year battle against the disease and the side effects of her many treatments. This blog will now serve as a memorial to Jill. Please feel free to add your comments and thoughts.

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Location: Columbia, Missouri, United States

Monday, April 14, 2008

More good news

Jill has had a string of good news lately. On Friday, tests showed that the influenza she had contracted was over and she could again leave her hospital room for short walks. Today she got the results back from the lastest biopsy that confirmed that the graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) had been arrested. Tests also showed that the damaged to her digestive tract from the GVHD was mostly healed. So the doctors have taken her off the IV nutrition that she had been on for several weeks and will gradually reduce the amount of medicine that she is getting intravenously. If everything goes well she will be out of the hospital in just a few days.

Sylvia reports that Spring is in full bloom in Seattle. Some people are starting to work in their gardens while others are getting their boats out on Lake Union for the spring and summer boating season.

tom

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

so wonderful to hear that Jill is doing better. we have been prayer for her regularily. Thank you for being so diligent at keeping us updated. hope you see you in June.
Regan

7:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hope TO see you in June.. silly me

7:54 PM  

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