On Wednesday, Erika had an MRI of her brain, spinal tap with a small dose of chemo, and a bone marrow biopsy to determine if she is in remission or not.
Her MRI results showed no more signs of the bright spot which was determined to be leukemia. It does show something different, signs of micro hemorrhages. Doctors said because its too soon and being it be a micro size of hemorrhages that we shouldnt worry about it.
The spinal fluid came back negative. There were no signs of leukemia. Another small dose of chemo was injected into the spine as well.
Based on her marrow result, Erika is not officially in remission but is in indeterminate. Ive attached photos of her marrow below. You will see a photo that looks as it should with lots of white spots. Then you will see one with a bunch of purple spots in a group. This either means they are leukemia cells dying off or regenerating. Because her marrow is questionable, she will need another biopsy done scheduled next Tuesday to determine whether she will continue with chemo or begin searching for a doner.
Erika will remain at home until further results come through after her BM biopsy next week on Tuesday.
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| Pink spots are dead blast cells. Dark purple spots are blast cells possibly regenerating or dying off to become like the pink spots. |
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| Zoomed in on the purple spots. |
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| A portion of her marrow that looks the way it should after chemo. This is how we want her marrow to look like all throughout her body with no other evidence of leukemia. |
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