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Taylor Thoman

Update!

April 2006

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Taylor Grace Thoman
103 E SETTLER RD
SARATOGA SPRINGS, UT 84043
United States
801-766-0651

Diana Thoman:  cdthoman@msn.com

Here are some updates on Taylor and her family:

April 26, 2006 at 10:23 AM MDT

Just an update for those following along with Taylor's progress. On Monday at CHLA her labs showed her platelets were up, but now her ANC (absolute neutrophil count) was too low for chemo. We figured out a plan to get her chemo back in Utah at PCMC - hopefully next Mon & Tues if she is ready. She can get this chemo here this time because she didn't have an injection in her eyes at her last exam. Usually we do it in LA because when the injection is done, she has to have chemo the very same day.

We were able to get a flight home on Monday night. It was so neat to see Taylor and Kyle greet each other when we got home. Taylor kept bouncing up and down and kissing (licking) his face, then she found one of Kyle's toes poking out of his PJ's and she sucked on that! Weird way to greet each other but they seemed happy! Kyle was sleepy so it took him a while to realize his sister was back. Then he surprised us by walking - he had just started to take a few steps before we left but now he is cruising everywhere. He seems really glad we're home although now he has to share his toys again.

April 20, 2006 at 02:29 PM MDT

We're in LA again, and this time things didn't go as planned. Taylor's platelets are too low for a chemo injection in the eyes, and too low for regular chemo today - but not low enough for a transfusion. This is somewhat normal, as her body is just taking longer to recover after each chemo treatment. Her platelets will keep coming up on their own over the next few days.

She did go in for an EUA (exam under anesthesia) with Dr. Murphree and he took pictures of her tumors. Not much has changed since the last visit but they look fine. She has had a little nausea this time after anesthesia, and her eyes are very sensitive to light as they are still very dilated and taking a while to go to normal. So the plan now is to do chemo next Monday & Tuesday and we'll fly home Wednesday. At her next visit in May, the Dr. will do the last injection in the eyes, and she'll have her last round of chemo treatment. We're excited that almost 5 out of 6 are done!

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