My niece, Brynn, recently completed chemotherapy treatment for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. She was diagnosed at 19 years old and just a few days before Christmas 2005.
Her ankles swelled up while she was at work one day. Because it was a few days before Christmas and Brynn was worried that her ankles could get worse during the holidays while the doctor's office was closed, she stopped at a clinic on the way home.
The doctor who treated her really needed to work on his bedside manner. After a quick examination and a blood test, he walked back into the room and told her that she had Leukemia, was near death, and needed to drive herself to the emergency room. Brynn called her mother (my sister) in a panic. Brynn spent the next two and half years in and out of the hospital.
She is now participating in a fund raiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
This is her campaign video.
You can donate to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society here.
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Tags : Leukemia & Lymphoma Society , Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
2 comments:
Great video. Beautiful girl.
It looks like she might be near me? I'm in Kentucky.
I have a friend who is fighting lymphoma right now, a mom with 2 young sons. She's on my mind a lot.
>Great video. Beautiful girl.
Thank you.
Sorry to hear about your friend.
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