Update on Siona

By RKB on August 20, 2010 2:55 PM | No Comments

I was very fortunate, this past weekend, to have been able to spend some time with my high school friend, Nigam; his wife, Reshma; and their daughter, Siona. It was a hot Sunday afternoon, and we sat outside on their back patio talking about a range of topics, most of them about leukemia.

Siona had been receiving more agressive chemo in order to induce remission so she could then begin the process for a cord blood transplant. Her biopsy was on Monday. Results came a couple of days later: she was not in remission.

9% has been confirmed - Very Disappointing news to say the least and looks like we might be going to ST. Judes in Tennessee as Seattle is running out of options. Cancer Sucks and to be frank its hard to be positive today - Hopefully tomorrow brings a different day.

http://www.sionashah.com/siona/index.php?updateid=43
When I spoke with Nigam over the weekend, it looked like their next option would be to relocate to Memphis to take Siona to St. Jude. They will be leaving this weekend (if they haven't already left today). Here's hoping for the best as she begins these next difficult steps on her journey.

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A Few Notes

robert (now and then)
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After running two marathons in October 2010 with Team in Training, I've decided to "slack off" with just the one marathon in 2011.

This year will be in memory of Siona Shah, an amazing young girl who spent the final third of her too-short life battling leukemia with courage, grace, humility, and smiles.

It will also be in memory of my step-grandmother, Ruth, who passed away on June 15th after a recurrence of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

I'd originally started using this site to tell my story -- roughly eight months of treatment in 1990, as well as the impact leukemia had on me in the years that followed. Much of that story is still available through the "Table of Contents" below (starting with my initial diagnosis while I was studying in England).

 - Robert K. Brown

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