On January 4, 2024 our sweet Ayla was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. A rare type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow that affects white blood cells. This news came as a complete shock and is devastating and heartbreaking for her entire family. She first started with wanting to be held a lot and then lost her appetite. Her skin was starting to get pale and then got petechiae.
She got a port placed in her chest and had to start chemo treatments right away. Her chemo will continue once a week for the next 2.5 years and she will be on multiple medications. Ayla will have multiple bone marrow and spinal tap surgeries. It is going to be a very long road ahead for the Castro family.
Over the past 7 months Ayla has been receiving an extremely intense chemotherapy regimen known as Frontline treatment. We are very thankful to be at this milestone in therapy and now entering the last phase of treatment called Long Term Maintenance. The goal with this is to keep her leukemia in remission and it will continue over the next 1.5 years.
The road ahead is still long and difficult but we are so proud of our courageous and strong girl! She is the bravest warrior we know and a true inspiration of hope and power.
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