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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Rituxan



This bag here --



Is Rituxan  --  Rituxan is a monoclonal antibody -
how it works is:
it attaches to the CD20 protein on cancer cells -
once it attaches to the cells,
 it brings other immune cells to help kill the cancer cells.





Oh Emery - be careful -- don't drop that - it's very expensive -- let's see -
 any guesses how much this one bag is?

a little over -- $10,000
He gets this each time before he gets chemo --
It takes 3 to 4 hours to get it -- but wow! 




Here's Emery and Maynard -- out for a walk.

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We have talked about how much we have to be thankful for --
good jobs and insurance are two of the things
that we are very thankful for today.

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Wishing you many blessings today!  Thanks for checking in on us!