Karen's Blog

Karen and I are back up at the Cleveland Clinic for her second cycle of immunotherapy. I’ll post updates here throughout the week. This is the Monday update, and I’ll try to add a new post each day, even if I have little to report. Occasionally, I’ll revise a post throughout the day, so if…

Friday’s treatment went much better. She dosed with Advil and Tylenol in advance, and only brief chills and only slight fever. Now, we’re experiencing Cleveland. First stop Greek!

8AM Saturday… The treatment last night went much better. We adjusted the timing of the Tylenol and Advil to make sure she was properly dosed prior to the start of the symptoms, and the chills were very minor and brief. Hooray! We actually stayed up late to catch up on America’s Got Talent, and she was…

I’ll post updates on this blog post if I have anything new to report throughout the day, so check this again for new content if you re-visit the blog. Morning update… Karen is sleeping soundly, having recovered from another evening of the immunotherapy drug trial. She had another bout with the chills, but it lasted…

I’ll post updates on this blog post if I have anything new to report throughout the day, so check this again for new content if you re-visit the blog. Morning update… Karen says “I’m alive so far… Not dead yet!” What a wonderful quote to share! At least she said it with a chuckle. She’s…

I’ll post updates on this blog post if I have anything new to report throughout the day, so check this again for new content if you re-visit the blog. Morning update… Karen had a tough night again, but marginally better than the first night. She had a fever, and got the chills. At one point…

Tuesday update… Karen’s fever broke early this morning, and she’s been on the mend since. She ate breakfast successfully, and by noon she was up and walking around the hospital with me. Here’s a pic of the view from the roof here at the Clinic. Also, late breaking news is that the Hope Lodge just confirmed…

We chose to move Karen’s treatment to the Cleveland Clinic for an array of reasons. Foremost among those was our belief that they offered the best chance to get Karen into one of the next generation immunotherapy trials. The other centers were not optimistic about their ability to offer this opportunity. The Cleveland Clinic came…

There have been a ton of changes over the last couple weeks, and each day it seems like the best time for an update would be the next day, and it continues that way… First, let us thank Christy, Bill, and Caroline for riding in Pelotonia for Karen. Wow! They rode their bicycles anywhere between…