Angus is a very happy, healthy, energetic 4-year-old boy who thrives on his BMX bike, skateboard and swinging a bat. On Monday, our family was in the snow playing, and by the next day, we had symptoms of some illness- flu-like symptoms-fever, lethargy, paleness, and loss of appetite. After 24 hours of being lethargic, we went from urgent care to ER, to being admitted and then transferred to Rady Children’s ICU. Angus went from 0 to 100 in 24 hours.

Angus’ initial strep throat infection turned into sepsis shock which led to him being intubated for 6 days. After 2 days of testing, we learned the diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with an addition of an immune system syndrome-HLH- where your immune system kicks into overdrive and does not stop, yet starts attacking your own body’s organs. We spent 6 weeks total admitted at Rady Children’s Hospital while attacking all 3 difficult infections and diseases at the same time. We have no nanny care and work things out between us 5 the best we can.

Above all else our brave boy has been through, Angus is THE SWEETEST SOUL! He cares more about others’ feelings than most kids should worry about. He is an empath to the core. He also is the middle man, the only BOY in our family with 2 sisters- one older, one younger…. and the coolest part are that he shares an exact birthday with his older sister on NYE, 4 years apart.

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