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Welcome to Alex's Web Page. It has been provided to keep family and friends updated on Alex's progress as he undergoes treatment for
ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia). Alex was diagnosed 8/22/01. He relapsed in the Central
Nervous System in August 2002 and the Bone Marrow in October 2002. He is now in remission
and received a Cord Blood Transplant on
November 12, 2002 at DUKE.
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Friday, June 19, 2009 3:09 PM EDT Hi Everyone -
My baby graduated elementary school yesterday. He is really excited to go to middle school in September. CONGRATULATIONS ALEX!!!
Graduation yesterday, fever today. Alex came over to give me a hug this a.m. and he was HOT. I asked him if he felt o.k. and he said he had a headache and was tired but he felt fine. We had our normal Georgetown visit today so they checked him out. The social worker said he could have written his own orders. He told them exactly what he needed when we walked in :-) They gave him a does of IV antibiotics and told us to go back tomorrow a.m. for dose #2. His temp is pretty high - 101.3 and if it goes up to 102 they want to admit him so think cool thoughts!!!
Since my last update, we've been really busy. Alex's Bar Mitzvah went really well. He did an awesome job and we are so proud of him. We enjoyed having our family and friends in town to celebrate with us. Alex and his friends had a great time at his video game party on Sunday too.
At the end of May we went to Hershey, PA for the weekend compliments of the Cassey Cares organization. We stopped at Gettysburg on the way up and the kids enjoyed that as well. I think Alex and Emily would like to move into the Hershey factory. They keep asking when we can go back. Emily and I went on the Coal Cracker ride and they got a great picture of us screaming. I'll have to see if I can get it up on the web site at some point along with some Bar Mitzvah and graduation pictures. Since I'm technically challenged I might have to wait for Steve to do it.
Emily is going to a new school in the Fall too. We decided to send her to the Jewish Day School. She's already made a few friends there and is really excited about the change. We went to a picnic there last weekend and Emily went off into the woods and ended up coming home with a tick. She found it when she went to shower. Steve and his steady hand got it out. The doctor said that since it was in her less than 24 hours that her chance of getting a dreaded disease is slim. There never seems to be a dull moment around here!
Our summer is shaping up to be BUSY but we're all looking forward to the change of pace. We hope everyone enjoys the lazy days of summer. Thanks for checking in on us and don't forget to sign the guestbook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jill, Steve, Alex and Emily
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