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Perfect Storm!

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The last two weeks brought with them a series of  events that tested our strength and brought with  it  a perfect storm of life threatening conditions . Layla ended up with a blood transfusion, lots of scanning, testing, weekend hospital stay and unwanted additional findings. Without elaborating on the details and still unclear on the cause and effects of the disease vs the treatment, Layla was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism and an autoimmune hepatitis that has caused a lot of symptoms mimicking liver failure. the extensive imaging led us to a lesion in her brain that had surprised us all and explained the cluster headaches that she was getting.  So where are we now with all of this? We are thrilled that Layla’s liver is slowly recovering from the hepatitis . According to the imaging, the immunotherapy treatment in Vienna held the cancer stable in the liver. We are not sure how long she has had the lesion in the brain , the last brain MRI she had was in April of 2019.  we

Half Way Through!

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Found Olaf! We are half way through! Layla survived fever week and is plowing bravely through different hyperthermia treatments. The weather has not been too cold. It's been warmer the last two years (according to the locals). We are not complaining 😃. The staff at Dr. Kleef's clinic has requested that we all wear masks as prevention against the influenza virus in Europe. It makes hanging out at the clinic a little tougher than usual. We are excited to have my sister Cathy visiting. Our friend, Matt, also arrived this week for treatment from Boston. We met him on our second trip here, and we've been in touch ever since. We've met some amazing people along the way. Layla has fever week #2 next week. So this week is a little more relaxed. Cozying up at home Cathy's Healing Power Fever Curve View from the Clinic Olaf Being a Good Citizen! Local Hyperthermia Whole Body Hyperthermia With Olaf! Cathy at Dr, Kleef