Acute Myeloid Leukemia Archives

Monica

Monica is a beautiful 14-year-old girl who started high school in the fall. She’s been sick off and on since school started which truly isn’t like her, but her parents thought it was just due to being around new kids and new germs. By October, she complained about...

Kaleb

Blood Cancer

Kaleb was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) at the age of 10. He has bravely fought blood cancer as well as Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) as a result of his bone marrow transplant. Every child who has been diagnosed with childhood cancer inspires us to...

Maylee

Blood Cancer

Maylee got very sick one day with a headache followed by what we thought was a stomach virus. The next morning, we took Maylee to the ER since it had been 14 hours since she had been able to keep anything down. All along she kept complaining of a bad headache, which...

Avery

Blood Cancer

It was a normal day in October when something nudged Avery’s mother to take her 11-year-old daughter to the doctor. Avery had been experiencing weakness and pain in her right ankle for a couple of months. The first visit brought relief; the doctor thought it was a...

Caleb

Blood Cancer

Caleb was your average 17-year-old who loved sports, video games, and spending time with friends and family. He had recently made the high school football team when, a few weeks into his senior year, he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He had to leave school...