The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #123898   Message #2752196
Posted By: GUEST,Alex Miller
25-Oct-09 - 05:09 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat hugs requested: 13-yr-old with leukemia
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat hugs requested: 13-yr-old with leukemia
All the best to Alicia and her family. I lost my youngest son, Grant, to this disease just over three years ago. He had been diagnosed with leukaemia at age 12. It was Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), that time round, and chemotherapy lasted for two + years. Three years later on it was AML. The doctors here said there was a 75% chance of complete recovery at his age. (The older you are the lower the chances for a complete cure, apparently) Unfortunately, at 16 plus, he turned out to be in the "25%" bracket.
I pray there will be a better outcome for Alicia.

Alex