Sunday, March 18, 2012

1st round of immunotherapy complete


We are pleased to say that Hannah was able to tolerate the immunotherapy treatment in Greifswald. She has now finished the first cycle of the 5 that are planned. She was given a reduced dose because of the allergic reactions she had in Philadelphia, and the dose will be increased gradually during the following cycles. We returned home last week with the antibodies still going in via a portable 'pump'. The pump was removed after a few days at the hospital here in Rotterdam.

Hannah is feeling well, although she did have some pretty intense pain towards the end of the antibody infusion. She is hoping to go horse riding tomorrow for the first time since we went to Germany a month ago.

We are planning to go back to Greifswald at the beginning of April for the next cycle of immunotherapy and will write more then to update you with her progress.

Thank you to everyone for thinking of Hannah!
Randy