KESJ: 30 November 2009

Monday, November 30, 2009

30 November 2009

T+76

The weather today was so much cooler than the weekend - and although Jeremy still felt a bit warm, his temps were marginally cooler than yesterday (and most importantly, it was under 38 degrees!).

The little man skipped his morning nap, and had a longer nap in the afternoon (almost through to dinner time). This had us worrying a bit (and popping in to do frequent checks on him). After his nap, he seemed a lot better and was keen to play Mario Kart.

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Definitions

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) - a rapidly progressing cancer of the blood and bone marrow. ALL affects the type of developing white blood cells known as lymphocytes. It is the most common form of childhood leukaemia, and the most common type of childhood cancer. It also occurs in adults.

Blast cells - immature blood cells normally found in the bone marrow. Blast cells normally constitute up to 5% of all bone marrow cells. These cells divide and replenish all the normal blood cells in the marrow and circulating blood. Acute leukaemia is characterised by an accumulation of abnormal blast cells that take over the marrow and spill out into the blood stream.

Bone marrow transplant - the process of replacing bone marrow cells (stem cells) that are unhealthy, with stem cells that are healthy. The healthy stem cells are re-infused intravenously through the central line, after very strong chemotherapy and/or radiation to kill unhealthy stem cells. The re-infusion of healthy stem cells essentially rescues the patient from the chemotherapy and/or radiation, by enabling his or her bone marrow to start producing new blood cells.