Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Archives

Peyton

Peyton was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) on May 13, 2019, a few months shy of her 15th birthday. While the overall prognosis is good, she will have to take medication to fight CML every day for the rest of her life. Peyton’s outlook on life changed...

Keelen

Blood Cancer

Keelen was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) on March 20, 2018, a few days after his 15th birthday. CML is a type of cancer that starts in certain blood-forming cells of the bone marrow. It’s a lifelong cancer and there is no known cure for it. For Keelen...

Gordie

Blood Cancer

Gordie was diagnosed with CML September 22, 2014 at the age of 14. There is no cure for CML and he will take a chemo pill the rest of his life. He was in PICU in Pensacola, FL, for about a week and had a bone marrow biopsy which confirmed CML. His first meds stopped...

Savannah

Blood Cancer

Savannah went in for her annual yearly checkup for her 12th birthday. Her blood work came back weird. Less than 2 months later after a battery of tests, we had a diagnosis of Chronic Myloid Leukemia. Every child who has been diagnosed with childhood cancer inspires us...