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Pedro is an outgoing person, very nice and loyal. He’s super goofy! He loves turtles and likes the book The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. He has a big imagination and wants to be a firefighter when he grows up. He loves the Avengers and says he’s strong like the Hulk. He has been wanting to go camping and wants to go to a scavenger hunt…he’s always drawing maps. His favorite color is gold because that is a shiny color and to him it means he has found the treasure! He’s super silly as you can tell but he’s a very brave boy.

In January of 2018, Pedro was diagnosed with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He had been going to preschool and for some odd reason was having lot’s of bruises on his legs. I thought someone from his class was bullying him or hitting him . The following day I was going to ask his teacher about it but that morning I saw the bruises were everywhere! I took him to the emergency department as he had   red spots all over his body . They did numerous blood labs,ct scans, and xrays. Results came in and a few doctors and nurses came in the room. He had low platelets which explains the red spots and bruises. The oncologist told us that he had leukemia and had to be treated right away.

Pedro has had numerous blood and platelet transfusions and has had several spinal taps. He has endured many rounds of intense chemotherapy. At the moment, we are half way through delayed Intensification so, that’s 3 weeks of going to the outpatient clinic for chemo which  is 4-5 days a week. Transportation is a struggle at times. Once Pedro is in the maintenance phase of treatment, the doctors will give us the okay for him to start kindergarten like his other friends he met in preschool.

Cancer has changed every single person in our lives. Relationships have changed  since my son’s father lost his only blood brother to leukemia so it has been very tough on him. Trying to accommodate my parents and sister’s schedules every time we have to go to the clinic or to hospital stays is also difficult. But, I have Pedro, who amazes me all the time and my 4 and 2 year old that I hope can understand it all.

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