On rainy days on mondays

Mostly bad news on the first day of the week ...

Frazna, 9 year old child with severe aplastic anemia is on her 15th admission since May for bleeding symptoms. She's in the hospital almost every 1-2 weeks...

Sarah Jane a 23 year old female who was diagnosed almost two years ago with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, who went in remission after 10 cycles of chemotherapy, consulted again because of weakness...I broke the bad news that she is in relapse...at least 7 months after her last chemotherapy..she and her husband was devastated...Trying to bargain for further treatment options...

Hannylyn, a 14 year old teen age Tausug girl with Aplastic Anemia is for transfer to a government hospital due to financial difficulties... she needs blood badly.. the irony of life.. She's at the top of her class before being diagnosed two months ago...Anthony was her classmate when they graduated in elementary.. Anthony then was the top of their class... Anthony was my first leukemia patient... He died two years ago due to disease progression...

But some are good too...

Melania, a 56 year old female with Acute Monocytic Leukemia was overjoyed after learning the result of her flow cytometry which showed in remission status after one month of induction chemotherapy...Her daughter was tearful with happiness...