Joey was diagnosed with HR ALL PH-Like at 2 years old. He is in treatment.
What’s one thing you wish you had known in those first 48 hours?
“That there are so many wonderful organizations that can help along the way.”
What helped you the most in those first 48 hours?
“The team at Helen Devos Children’s Hospital – the nurses and physicians were amazing.”
What is one moment in those first 48 hours that you’ll never forget?
“The initial shock of going from thinking he was in the ER for something small, to finding out it was leukemia.”
If you could go back, what’s one thing you’d tell yourself?
“There are going to be a lot of long and hard days, but you’re going to make it through.”
This First 48 story was submitted by Jess.