From the World of Children's Cancer...
In reality children's cancer is much more than smiling faces and bald heads.
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A few years back a friend of ours asked if one of his buddies could do an interview for a school project. Thought we would share it.
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 :Liam was diagnosed in October 2013, he was only 13 months old, with Rhabdomyosarcoma. He went through a year of intense chemo, months of radiation, and multiple surgeries. Finally began remission in September 2014. Unfortunately, that only lasted a short 2 1/2 months. In that short period of time his tumor grew to the size of a golf ball. He went through an even more intense chemo treatment and Liam had his bladder, prostate, and tumor removed on April 7th 2015. He finished chemo September 14th 2015. Liam went in for his one-year scans and once again the tumor is back. This will be his third battle, at the age of 4, with this awful cancer. He just had the tumor removed again, in October he begins 3 months of chemo, some radiation, followed by a bone marrow transplant. His family is going to also try some different medical approaches this time around. They will be intergrading
alternative and natural medicines along with conventional therapies. The clinic that offers the more holistic approach does not take any medical insurance. Changing lifestyle habits for Liam is completely necessary at this time. His body needs to stay strong and as healthy as it can be kept.. It is already so damaged from.the past years of treatments. The hope is that his quality of life can support his quantity of life. Late January 2015, Alexandria (Ali) became ill with croup. After 2 weeks she returned to her old self; happy, loving and friendly to everyone! About a week later, she started to show symptoms of croup again but this time she would sleep all throughout the day. She complained of leg pain and was very pale with dark circles under her eyes. Her parents assumed it was the flu and brushed off the leg pain as body aches that come with it. When Ali's grandma found out about her being sick, she had a strong feeling that Ali should be seen by a doctor and have blood work done. An appointment was shceduled for the following week. The next day, Ali complained of severe leg pain and refused to walk. The pain was so bad that they called the doctor again and explained the symptoms. They were told to take Ali to the ER to have her examined. ER doctors thought she may have a hip infection. They took xrays and did her blood work. When the blood work came back, Ali's parents were told she might have leukemia. Their hearts sunk as they looked at their sleeping girl. Within the hour, Ali was taken to Primary Children's Hospital where they did more blood work which confirmed her diagnosis of 'very high risk' b-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Since her diagnosis on February 17, 2015, she has had several rounds of chemotherapy, medications, lumbar punctures, blood transfusions, allergic reactions and a few complications in between. Overall, Ali is doing great and her family is looking forward to the day when she completes her chemotherapy in July 2017.
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