Emily Burke

Emily Burke

My Re-Birthday

10/8/2021

Transplant update: finished the first major rounds of chemotherapy and biotherapy. Sometimes I feel OK and sometimes I’m really sick. Diarrhea, fever, nausea, etc.
The goal of the therapy is to get rid of my immune system so the new one can come in. Due to not having not much of an immune system, I have pneumonia and thrush on my tongue. Those are mostly to be expected though.
Ready to get this over with!
Getting the donor transplant cells today.
Today counts as my Re-birth Day

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January 7, 2022

Transplant update: After 27 days. I left the hospital... not feeling better yet, but improved from a few weeks ago.... Dr's think the transplant went...

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December 14, 2021

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October 12, 2021

Transplant update: feeling not too bad, but remembering that it's a long road ahead. Taking things one day at a time. I was able to...

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