Archie is an old soul! We often describe him as a 70 yr old man in a 7 yr olds body. He’s very logical and blunt. He’s particularly and a little peculiar. He loves video games, Domino’s pizza, and the color green. Archie laughs the most at poop jokes (perhaps one of the very few “7 yr old” tendencies he has)! He loves his cat, Lucy, the very most!
Archie’s only symptom was randomly throwing up every other day for a little over a week, very odd for leukemia. The pediatrician thought it was the flu. My wife’s gut said “It’s more” and took him to urgent care where we learned his white blood cell count was nearly 700,000.
We are about a year into treatment… constant chemo. We’ve clocked about 100 days in the hospital over various treatment cycles. We’ve spent so much time in isolation to keep Archie safe. We have missed family events, play dates with friends, and all other parts of “normal” life.
This has made us so careful and scared. We’re worried about spending time in groups because of germ exposure so we are isolated. Our other two kids have had to sacrifice their lives as well to help keep Archie safe. My wife and I have had to spend more time apart than ever collectively in our 12 years together. It’s also made us so grateful for the special moments we get; for any “normal” moment and for the simple opportunity to just be together.
Archie, historically, has been very loud about not doing things he doesn’t want to. It made us worried about how he’d handle a treatment regime that he has no control over but he’s been incredible at dealing with the reality and taking the disappointments. We’re just so proud of him!
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