Updates: Top news for us is that the most sensitive test from the bone marrow biopsy came back and this time there was no disease detected, at all. So either there is no disease left, or it’s so small that even the most sensitive PCR test can’t find a single bit of cancer. This is…
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2 Down, 1 Happening, 3 To Go
2つ終了、1つ進行中、あと3つ Updates: I don’t have much to add to the updates above. The process of moving back home has been long, difficult, and time consuming, but it is done now. It’s much better being so close to the hospital now and should make a lot of things much easier for us. Makoto entered the hospital…
80% Chance Of Happy Path 幸せな道の確率80%
Updates: This is all good news, and we’re hopeful that 80% will turn into 100%, but we’re not there yet. We will probably have a better picture after this treatment. No matter what, it appears that the treatment is extremely successful, and that is very comforting. アップデート: これはすべて良いニュースであり、80%が100%になることを期待していますが、まだそこには達していません。おそらくこの治療が終わった後、よりはっきりした状況が見えてくるでしょう。何があっても、治療が非常に成功しているように見えるのは、とても安心できることです。
The First of Four Gates 四つの門のうちの第一
Updates: Makoto’s blood counts are rising quickly too normal (we’re eating sushi to celebrate, a food forbidden during treatment) with her platelets blasting back to even above normal, her body’s overreaction to treatment. This is a great sign. Before treatment her numbers we so low she was in transfusion territory. The best news is that…
The Future, Distilled 未来の展望
Updates: It’s amazing to walk with Makoto now up the same hills that she recently realized were making her out of breath. We are still in our apartment as snafus near the end of construction pile up a bit. We hope to be home in early August, but I’ve learned just not to count on…
Returned Home! 帰宅しました！
Quick Updates: 簡単な更新:
Rising and Falling 上昇と下降
Updates: Makoto and I have experienced the last 25 days very differently. Her days have been filled with sickness and wellness, poisoning and healing, watching numbers rise and fall, walking endless circles while trapped in the same U shaped hallway on a floor in UCSF, trying to get sleep of increasing quality in any way…
Streptococcus mitis ストレプトコッカス・ミティス
Updates: The bacteria Streptococcus mitis was the cause of the fevers and chills. This bacteria typically lives in our mouths but was found in her blood, so my sister suggested that Makoto should no longer try to eat her PICC line! 🤣 更新: 熱と寒気の原因は、ストレプトコッカス・ミティスという細菌でした。この細菌は通常、口の中に存在しますが、彼女の血液中に見つかりました。ですから、真琴がPICCラインを食べようとするのを止めるべきだと妹が提案しました！🤣
“Soft Jail”
「ソフトな刑務所」 Updates: The nurses and doctors shift around quite regularly on the floor where Makoto is staying. With the exception of a single traveling nurse, all of the staff have been pretty great. In a couple of “it’s a small world” moments, two of the nurses went to ISU and lived in Bloomington/Normal. We’ve had…
Fact Focused Update
事実に基づく更新 Facts: Makoto is through her first round of treatment. She is feeling much better in the two days since chemo stopped. More information when we have it! 事実: 真琴は最初の治療ラウンドを終えました。化学療法が終わってからの2日間で、彼女はかなり調子が良くなっています。新しい情報が入り次第、お知らせします！