Hi Pam and Tex,

I feel like such a newbie at this it's hard to believe I have been involved with this disease for 5 years.  My daughter has b cell ALL leukemia.  She was treated with the Dana Farber protocol for 2 years very successfully and she stayed in remission for 3 years after chemo.  She relapsed last Aug. and was given the Hyper C VA protocol Part A (do you know it?) which does consist of 8 rounds of I V chemo given 12 hours apart over 4 days then 2 rounds of IT chemo about 1 week later.  Approx 35 days after chemo (she was actually 1 week late in getting her BMB because she had an infection and was hospitalized for a week)  she had her BMB those are the results we got yesterday 15%blasts still in her blood with a goal of full remission or <5% blasts.  Today we met with her Onc. who told us that while she had not achieved full remission as she had hoped she would nothing has changed and the ultimate goal of receiving her transplant is still in place.  She is about to re-enter the hosp tomorrow or Fri for the next part of the chemo program or part B -  another 8 rounds of IV chemo over 4 days 12 hours apart, immediatly after this round of chemo she will also get (forgive the spelling) neupragin to boost her neutrifils, red blood transfusions and platelets to try to avoid any infections then hopefully the BMB results in 28 days from now (after her blood has recovered) will show complete remission after which she will receive a repeat of the part A chemo.   Phew I hope that explains everything clearer....As I read this over I am overwhelmed by what she has to go through even before we get to the transplant and I am more worried that maybe she won't achieve full remission but as you said going from 100% blasts to 15% is good so hopefully this next bout of chemo will do the trick.   Thanx again for responding it really helps to talk to people who have experienced this!

Debra

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