Braelyn was diagnosed with AML on May 30, 2020. She was misdiagnosed with Bell’s Palsy due to right side facial paralysis, Then she just got sicker and I knew something wasn’t right so I took her into the ER.
Braelyn spent her first 13 days on a ventilator and 37 days in the PICU. She has now gone through 4 rounds of chemo. She had dialysis in the beginning but has improved enough that she doesn’t need dialysis. Her kidneys are managed with medicine and diet.
We, unfortunately, live about 2 hours from the hospital so seeing her brother and dad has been very limited and mostly just through FaceTime so it has been very hard.
Cancer has changed our life in a lot of ways but nothing that any other family probably doesn’t experience. Our biggest change is diet and learning what things she can eat. There are a lot of things have to be careful about. We also have to limit public places due to her being able to get sick so easily. We haven’t been out of the hospital much in the last 6 months so we haven’t had to see much change in our everyday life just yet.
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