TEAM Charlotte: Dr. Kathy Braico of Adirondack Pediatrics

Mar 01

A number of folk have asked how Charlotte’s cancer was diagnosed, so I have added a page to the TEAM Charlotte website that explains this a little more, and gives thanks to the doctor that discovered this. You can read more about this here,...

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CHARLOTTE UPDATE: Headed back to Albany Med

Feb 25

Well, Charlotte didn’t drink anything again today.    And didn’t eat anything apart from a single spoonful of breakfast cereal, and then some mandarin orange slices in the afternoon. We called the clinic again from Granny and Poppa’s house when we went to pick her up, and the on-call doctor said we need to be at the clinic at 8:30am so...

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CHARLOTTE UPDATE: Re-hydration at Albany Med

Feb 24

Well, Charlotte had not really drunk anything since Sunday, so this was starting to concern both of us.  She was also constipated and had not had a messy diaper since Sunday morning.  We had attempted to give her medication for the constipation, but this was difficult as she was not drinking any liquids. We contacted the Pediatric Oncology/Hematology Clinic...

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CHARLOTTE UPDATE: February 15, 2009

Feb 15

Sorry for the lack of updates since the middle of the week.  JoAnn and I have both been sending updates to FaceBook.com from our cellphones, so hopefully everybody that has FaceBook and has us listed as friends will have gotten these updates. Anyway… on Thursday afternoon we (JoAnn and Toby) met with the Oncology department to talk about what we are...

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Charlotte Update, Surgery and Recovery: Day 3

Feb 11

Dear Family and Friends! So… another up and down day.  Very emotional.  The day started with Mommy pulling the overnight shift, giving Daddy the time to grab about 6 hours of sleep.  The different groups of doctors from the various departments made the rounds and it was determined that the epidural could be removed.  This was done at about...

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