Jeneen
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![[*]](./images/Pinky/default_icon.gif) posted on 2.13.2016 at 11:40 PM |
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My Daughter's Battle with Leukemia
I just realized I have never shared my daughter's story here. She was diagnosed with AML, a rare form of leukemia on January 15th of 2015, just two
weeks before her 18th birthday. After six months of chemotherapy, she was in remission. However, fighting leukemia is a two stage process, as a bone
marrow or stem cell transplant is usually required to keep the cancer at bay.
After almost a year in the hospital, she was released the day before Thanksgiving. Singer Rachel Platten came to the hospital to perform her single
"Fight Song" and she was interviewed by the Today Show. Unfortunately, a week later she came down with Septic Shock and has been hospitalized ever
since.
She's chosen to share her story online, which you can read more about here, here and on her Pinterest page.
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Tea_Honey
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| posted on 2.14.2016 at 04:28 AM |
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OMG, I am so sorry. How strange we know the imperfections and heartaches of our own lives yet somehow never ass-pre-ume others have issues just as
devastating. I pray your child recovers. I pray she has one of those 'miracle' remissions that turn into permanency.
May God bless and keep her.
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jamesfrmphilly
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| posted on 2.14.2016 at 04:58 AM |
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i will have her in my thoughts today. god bless......
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Jeneen
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| posted on 2.14.2016 at 12:29 PM |
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Thank you both. 
Something else I wanted to share is how my daughter's life was saved. There were no matching bone marrow donor for her, so my daughter's doctors
used something called cord blood. A family out there somewhere had a child and saved the umbilical for public use. That umbilical cord provided the
stem cells used to save her life. If you're pregnant, or know someone who is, you should tell them about this. Families are saving their umbilical
cords for future use should something happen to their own children. Many are making those cords available via public banks. It's very easy and as I
can attest, saves lived.
Read more here via Be the Match: https://bethematch.org/support-the-cause/donate-cord-blood/
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jamesfrmphilly
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| posted on 2.14.2016 at 01:38 PM |
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that's a modern miracle right there!
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jamesfrmphilly
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| posted on 2.15.2016 at 10:28 AM |
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FWIW : i focused on the brave girl in my morning meditation....
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Jeneen
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| posted on 2.15.2016 at 01:49 PM |
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Thank you, jamesfrmphilly
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grrlie
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| posted on 2.16.2016 at 04:08 AM |
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My sincerest thought and prayers to you and your beautiful daughter. May she make a full recovery. And thanks for sharing with us..
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jamesfrmphilly
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| posted on 2.17.2016 at 01:11 PM |
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/02/16/1486016/-New-cancer-treatment-provok...
In one study, 94% of participants with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) saw symptoms vanish completely. Patients with other blood cancers had
response rates greater than 80%, and more than half experienced complete remission.
Speaking at the annual meeting for the American Association for the Advancement for Science (AAAS), researcher Stanley Riddell said: “This is
unprecedented in medicine, to be honest, to get response rates in this range in these very advanced patients.”
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soulitude78
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| posted on 5.6.2016 at 06:39 PM |
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My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family, sis. Stay encouraged!
"Did you read the Article because that's not what she said and your FONT Color is Whack. "
-Waterboxer
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