Treatment resumed

In my last update Hannah had to stop the treatment here in Greifswald, Germany after 2 days because of her persistent cough. She has now resumed the therapy as of yesterday. The first week involves a daily injection in her leg of a drug called IL2. She gets this for 5 days and next week she will start the antibody infusions.

We are all staying now at the "Elternhaus" which is for parents of NB children at the hospital here. There are people from many different countries here for treatment.

The photos above are from a place close to Greifswald called Wieck. We were there 2 days ago. It is on the Baltic Sea and very picturesque! Seems to be the place to go around here for a nice walk where you can see many boats and beautiful views over the water.

Will write more as we get further into the therapy.
Randy

Treatment delayed

As I mentioned yesterday, Hannah has had a bad cough which has still not cleared up completely. As a precaution she is taking antibiotics and today it was decided to stop the IL2 injections and wait until next week to resume the therapy. This means we will be here a week longer. Hannah will still have to go to the hospital every day to be checked (and play Wii with the other children - she won by miles today!). In the meantime, as Rachel is also under the weather, Sam and I will be going to stay at the 'Elternhaus' which is like a Ronald McDonald house here, and Hannah and Rachel will stay here at the hotel across the street from the Hospital. Will write more soon!
Randy

Treatment in Greifswald, Germany

Hi everyone,
After a year on the Totem chemotherapy, which Hannah did really well with, we are now continuing treatment in Greifswald, Germany. We are going to try again with the immunotherapy, which Hannah could not receive the entire course of in Philadelphia due to allergic reactions.

We arrived in Greifswald 2 days ago, after a 10 hour train journey from Rotterdam. We enjoyed the ride - photos above!

Yesterday Hannah had her first day at the hospital here. Some tests were done and as she has been under the weather with a bad cough, an x-ray was taken, too. She has antibiotics to help her get over this. She also had her first part of the therapy which is a daily injection in her leg of a drug called IL2. She will have this for 5 days and next week will start with the antibodies.

Will write more soon to let you know how the treatments are going, and thank you as ever for your support and wishes!
Randy