Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Ringing the Bell!

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Caroline was able to "ring the bell" today, signifying the radiation portion of her treatment is complete!  She will have a 6-week...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Radiation Treatment

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Caroline had her first photon radiation treatment today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. There was some anxiety leading up to the ap...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Radiation Treatment Planning

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Caroline had her radiation oncology simulation at Vanderbilt today.  The team measured/marked her treatment area and fitted her for a custom...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Scan Results

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Caroline's scan results showed good news overall.  One of her cancerous spots is no longer visible on imaging, and the other one measure...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Unexpected Hospital Admission

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Last week was a really rough week for Caroline at home. She was presenting with various "not well" symptoms all week, especially ...
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Monday, January 13, 2025

Outpatient Cycle 4 - Complete

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Caroline wrapped up Cycle 4 of her treatment today. Rash and itching were the primary side effects during the infusions, but she is safe at ...
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Friday, January 10, 2025

Cycle Delay for Snow

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Clinic is closed today due to snow, so Caroline's last infusion for this cycle of treatment was moved to Monday.  Sending warm wishes to...
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Monday, January 6, 2025

Cycle 4 Underway

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Caroline started cycle 4 of her current treatment plan today: Immunotherapy + 2 Chemotherapies. Although nothing "unexpected" hap...
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Saturday, December 14, 2024

Cycle 3 - Complete

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Caroline completed her 3rd cycle of outpatient Immunotherapy + Chemo yesterday, and is now home resting.  Although she had a really rough an...
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Monday, December 9, 2024

Cycle 3 - Immunotherapy + 2 Chemotherapies

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Caroline started the 3rd round of her current treatment plan (Danyelza + Cytoxan + Topotecan).  She had a really challenging time today with...
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Friday, November 29, 2024

Scan Results on Black Friday (again!)

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Caroline spent Black Friday at Vanderbilt today for her treatment progress scans (CT and PET), and lab work...she was originally diagnosed 7...
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Friday, November 8, 2024

Cycle 2 Complete!

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Caroline wrapped the second cycle of her new treatment combo of Danyelza + Cytoxan + Topotecan. She's tired and feels yucky overall, so...
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Monday, November 4, 2024

Outpatient Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy

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Caroline (finally) "made counts" today and was allowed to start treatment again.   She received an immunotherapy and 2 chemotherap...
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Monday, October 28, 2024

Treatment Delayed (again)

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Caroline's ANC (immune system) was still too low to receive treatment today. She is going to get a daily booster shot this week to try ...
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Monday, October 21, 2024

Treatment bumped this week

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Caroline went to clinic this morning in hopes of starting the 2nd round of treatment for her relapsed neuroblastoma. Unfortunately, her ANC...
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Monday, October 7, 2024

HOME

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After spending a long weekend at Vanderbilt for fever / fighting off something (undetermined), Caroline was discharged tonight and will now ...
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Saturday, October 5, 2024

Unplanned Hospital Admission

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Caroline spiked a fever late yesterday afternoon, which led us to the Vandy ER for bloodwork and a precautionary IV antibiotic. Once a bed ...
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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Immunotherapy Update

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Caroline completed 2 outpatient infusions of Naxitamab this week...experiencing the expected side effects (mostly pain, itching and rash).  ...
Friday, September 27, 2024

Inpatient Cycle 1 Complete

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Caroline returned home this morning from 5 days of inpatient treatment which, included 2 different chemotherapies daily + an immunotherapy o...
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Monday, September 16, 2024

Revised Treatment Plan for Relapse #2

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After consulting with the Vanderbilt medical team (among others), and looking at all safe and reasonable options for care, here is where we ...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Scan Results - Tumor Growth

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Caroline's scans results came back and unfortunately showed growth in the tumor, as well as an additional area of disease in her abdomen...
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Friday, August 23, 2024

Cycle 2: Complete / #carolinestrong T-Shirts Available

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Caroline completed Cycle 2 of immunotherapy today. Although she had some chest pain, itching and a mild rash during the infusion, the side ...
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Monday, August 19, 2024

Cycle 2 Update

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Caroline started Cycle 2 of her antibody treatment today; assuming all goes according to plan, she will get 3 total infusions this week.  To...
Friday, July 26, 2024

Cycle 1 = Complete!

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Caroline has officially completed Cycle 1 of her treatment plan for her relapsed neuroblastoma. The side effects from this immunotherapy ar...
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Monday, July 22, 2024

Infusion 1 Complete!

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Caroline completed her first immunotherapy infusion today; she was able to get through with minimal side effects.  She had some pain and dis...
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Friday, July 19, 2024

Port Placement, Bone Marrow Biopsy, CT Scan / Ways to Help

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Today was a very long, full day at the hospital for Caroline. CT Scan Results : showed slight growth in the tumor size from her last scan 3....
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Thursday, July 11, 2024

Treatment Start Date

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We (finally) have a plan and start date!  Caroline will begin treatment for her 2nd relapse of Neuroblastoma with the following timeline: Ju...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

MIBG Scan / Update(ish)

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Caroline's latest updates:  ~ the spot that appeared on Caroline's CT and PET scans last week also show up in her MIBG scan today, w...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Quarterly Scans - Relapse #2

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We received horrible news yesterday: both routine imaging scans (PET and CT) showed a spot in Caroline's chest that appears to be relaps...
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Monday, March 25, 2024

March Scan Results / Podcast

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Caroline recently had her quarterly scans and tests to check for any signs of potential recurring Neuroblastoma disease. Fortunately, she st...
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Thursday, January 4, 2024

Scan Results / DFMO Approval

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We had a rather stressful holiday season that consisted of multiple visits to Vanderbilt and a trip to Levine Children's Hospital in Cha...
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