Some of you may have read that story I posted last October regarding my niece's remission from Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, a type of leukemia where there is a "clonal bone marrow stem cell disorder".
About two weeks ago, she had to be rushed back to the hospital because of fever and reappearing of what looked like bruises (hematoma) and after a series of tests, her doctors found out that a cell mutated and became non-responsive to medications of Glivec (by Novartis), the cell that has mutated apparently is more aggressive and since Glivec is no longer effective in arresting said bad cell, my niece had to undergo chemotheraphy. She was released from the hospital last week but yesterday, my brother had to rush her back again because she had elevated temp (fever), was having difficulty breathing and again, there were bruises on her arms and legs. I just got off the phone with my brother a few minutes ago, six bags of platelet was transfused immediately last night and there's 2 more bags today. So far, she's stable and it looks like the IV is helping her breathe more comfortably now. Another chemo session is scheduled sometime next month.
Friends, this is not an easy time for me and for my family. I find myself on crying episodes every hour or two since yesterday and sleep did not come easy last night. Only God knows what's next for my niece and for those that loves her so much so I pray, and may I ask you to join me, for hearts that would embrace without question the will of God, whatever it will be. I also pray for my dad's health because he is not taking this family ordeal very well.
I may or may not be posting as regularly in this blog for the next few days, depending on how things go, but I will keep blogging on Food Couch and Warren might be blogging for me on After His Own Heart.
