Posts by zachelkins
Words of Hope: The RSV Challenge
February 2009 Recovery into the beginning of January had been very promising. My blood counts were on the rise and my body was acclimatizing to Isabel’s bone marrow. I was…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Graph vs. Host
January 5th 2009 So we rolled over into my second year of treatment. To summarize at this point, I spent the beginning of 2008 sick with headaches resulting from an…
Read MoreWords of Hope: A Delicate Balance II
December 18th, 2008 Today, I was released from prison. Not that I don’t appreciate Johns Hopkins, but when you are hooked up to IV all day, everyday, for 35 days…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Transplant!
Nov. 18th, 2008: Today, I had a bone marrow transplant. It would prove to be the solution for a very big problem, an Acute Leukemia diagnosis. The road to the…
Read MoreWord's of Hope – No Hope
Towards the end of the October I was writing about my donor being lost due to bronchitis and my liver starting to fail on top of three intensive rounds of…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Balancing Act
Oct 2008 versus Oct 2013 As I mentioned in the September blog, it was a weird time of recovery. I had received the FLAM treatment in August and spent September…
Read More5th Year Anniversary
In 2008, I was diagnosed with Acute Leukemia. I was told my singular option for survival was a bone marrow transplant. I received the transplant in November, 2008; 5 years ago…
Read MorePreamble to HeroPalooza
I have had a challenging and rewarding week that will culminate tomorrow at Hero Palooza. I spent Saturday and Sunday with CAM and his family at Hopkins as he continues…
Read MoreEvent Calendar
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Read MoreWords of Hope – Feeling Weird
September was a strange time. I had endured two rounds of induction chemotherapy and the second version FLAM, and it had put me into a solid remission. After 21 days…
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