Update on Pamela's Condition

We, as Pam's family, wanted to give everyone a status update.  She last posted a week ago that she was admitted to UNC Chapel Hill because of her newly diagnosed Leukemia.  Since then they have confirmed that she has APL Leukemia.  They also found that she had a brain bleed, which was brought on by the Leukemia.  When they first saw the bleed on the Catscan they felt it was best to just keep an eye on it and most importantly to start her on her chemo and ATRA treatments.

Thursday she had a set back, when we later found out that she had a stroke.  At that point they moved her to a higher level of ICU for more intensive care. UNC Chapel Hill has provided her with a large team of doctors, from Oncology, Hemotology, Neurology and Neurosurgical and wonderful caring nurses that have given her the best care possible.

Things were touch and go over the weekend but on Monday we started to see some improvement.  In true Pamela form she is fighting hard and she is improving every day.  We are hoping they will be able to move her to the Oncology ward to finish up her her month long treatments in the next day or so.

They will continue to keep a close eye on her because she is a complicated case but we know she is a fighter and she has many wonderful friends covering her with their prayers and support.

We have read her all the wonderful notes of encouragement and it really makes her day.  Please continue to pray for her as the road ahead will be a long one, but one we KNOW she is an OVERCOMER!