A/N: i want to thank sweet-angel-2-dark for being my first reviewer. i
greatly appreciate your review! i'll cherish it forever!! j/k, but thank
you for reviewing my story.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em
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Notes:
underscore thinking
"..." speaking
A/N my notes
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Last time on Last Days...
"So, Lizzie's gonna die?" Matt asked.
I'm afraid so, unless we find a match." Their mom replied.
Matt wasn't happy, why should he be? He was crying.
Lizzie ran upstairs and called Miranda and Gordo. She told them what she had.
"Oh my god, Lizzie I'm so sorry!" was all they said, Lizzie could hear them sniffling and holding back tears.
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A/N: ok...i'm thinking of changing the format of the story, but i'm not sure yet...
~~Lizzie's POV~~
Later that night, after I had gotten off the phone with Miranda and Gordo, I got on the internet to look up information about Leukemia. The search brought up 5730 different sites
WOW!!!
The first one caught my eye...the description for the site was...Info, causes, types, treatments, resources. I figured I'd start there!
At the very top of the page there were three different places to go to read about this disease. They were: The Basics, Symptoms, and Detection & Treatment.
Wait a minute...didn't the doctor say that I had the same type as my dad and that my mom couldn't help with the transplant? What did he mean by that?
I clicked on the one that said 'Detection & Treatment' to see if I could find out what the doctor meant by my mom not helping...
I started to read the column titled 'Conventional Medicine'
Conventional Medicine
For acute leukemia, the immediate goal of treatment is remission. The patient undergoes aggressive chemotherapy in a hospital for several weeks and is kept in sterile isolation and cleansed constantly to reduce the chance of infection. Since acute leukemia patients have extremely low counts of healthy blood cells, they are usually given blood and platelet transfusions to boost their natural immune function and to help stop bleeding. They may also receive drugs to combat infection and to reduce nausea and vomiting that may occur as side effects of the chemotherapy.
Doesn't sound very fun! I read on...
People with ALL(A/N: they mean all types of Leukemia) are likely to attain satisfactory remission after several weeks of aggressive chemotherapy in a hospital. To keep the disease under control, they will continue receiving low-dose chemotherapy and possibly radiation therapy for a month or more to eliminate residual cancer traces. At home they will receive an on-and-off maintenance protocol for months or even years. Since AML does not respond as well to chemotherapy, the best chance of lasting remission or cure depends on successful bone marrow transplantation, which requires a willing donor with compatible tissue type and genetic characteristics -- usually a family member.
Did they even test mom to see if she had a compatible tissue type? I'll ask mom, but not now. Now I need to send this info to Miranda and Gordo. See what they think...
I sent the information to Miranda and Gordo, then went downstairs to talk to mom.
Lizzie: Hi mom.
Jo: Hi Lizzie. Is there anything you want to talk about?
Lizzie: Ya mom, there is.
Jo: What is it Lizzie?
Lizzie: Well...I was looking on the internet about Leukemia, and I found a site that was really helpful...
I paused for a while thinking about what I was going to say.
Lizzie: Do you remember what the doctor said about you not being able to help with the transplant?
Jo: Yes...
Lizzie: Well...I was wondering...if you were tested to see if you would actually be able to help in anyway...
Jo: I was tested when your father was still alive...I wanted to help, but I couldn't
I started to cry.
Lizzie: oh mom! what are we going to do!?!?
Jo: I don't know Lizzie. I don't know.
A/N: so, how do you all like the 3rd chapter? please lemme know what you think!!
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em
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Notes:
underscore thinking
"..." speaking
A/N my notes
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Last time on Last Days...
"So, Lizzie's gonna die?" Matt asked.
I'm afraid so, unless we find a match." Their mom replied.
Matt wasn't happy, why should he be? He was crying.
Lizzie ran upstairs and called Miranda and Gordo. She told them what she had.
"Oh my god, Lizzie I'm so sorry!" was all they said, Lizzie could hear them sniffling and holding back tears.
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A/N: ok...i'm thinking of changing the format of the story, but i'm not sure yet...
~~Lizzie's POV~~
Later that night, after I had gotten off the phone with Miranda and Gordo, I got on the internet to look up information about Leukemia. The search brought up 5730 different sites
WOW!!!
The first one caught my eye...the description for the site was...Info, causes, types, treatments, resources. I figured I'd start there!
At the very top of the page there were three different places to go to read about this disease. They were: The Basics, Symptoms, and Detection & Treatment.
Wait a minute...didn't the doctor say that I had the same type as my dad and that my mom couldn't help with the transplant? What did he mean by that?
I clicked on the one that said 'Detection & Treatment' to see if I could find out what the doctor meant by my mom not helping...
I started to read the column titled 'Conventional Medicine'
Conventional Medicine
For acute leukemia, the immediate goal of treatment is remission. The patient undergoes aggressive chemotherapy in a hospital for several weeks and is kept in sterile isolation and cleansed constantly to reduce the chance of infection. Since acute leukemia patients have extremely low counts of healthy blood cells, they are usually given blood and platelet transfusions to boost their natural immune function and to help stop bleeding. They may also receive drugs to combat infection and to reduce nausea and vomiting that may occur as side effects of the chemotherapy.
Doesn't sound very fun! I read on...
People with ALL(A/N: they mean all types of Leukemia) are likely to attain satisfactory remission after several weeks of aggressive chemotherapy in a hospital. To keep the disease under control, they will continue receiving low-dose chemotherapy and possibly radiation therapy for a month or more to eliminate residual cancer traces. At home they will receive an on-and-off maintenance protocol for months or even years. Since AML does not respond as well to chemotherapy, the best chance of lasting remission or cure depends on successful bone marrow transplantation, which requires a willing donor with compatible tissue type and genetic characteristics -- usually a family member.
Did they even test mom to see if she had a compatible tissue type? I'll ask mom, but not now. Now I need to send this info to Miranda and Gordo. See what they think...
I sent the information to Miranda and Gordo, then went downstairs to talk to mom.
Lizzie: Hi mom.
Jo: Hi Lizzie. Is there anything you want to talk about?
Lizzie: Ya mom, there is.
Jo: What is it Lizzie?
Lizzie: Well...I was looking on the internet about Leukemia, and I found a site that was really helpful...
I paused for a while thinking about what I was going to say.
Lizzie: Do you remember what the doctor said about you not being able to help with the transplant?
Jo: Yes...
Lizzie: Well...I was wondering...if you were tested to see if you would actually be able to help in anyway...
Jo: I was tested when your father was still alive...I wanted to help, but I couldn't
I started to cry.
Lizzie: oh mom! what are we going to do!?!?
Jo: I don't know Lizzie. I don't know.
A/N: so, how do you all like the 3rd chapter? please lemme know what you think!!