Bryar was an infant upon diagnosis with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. It was September and we were enjoying the bliss of back to school with our older child who was just starting second grade.
We knew something wasn’t right when he kept getting sick. First the sniffles, then a cold followed by an ear infection. His hard pallet of his mouth extended and that’s when we knew something was wrong.
He has had 4 rounds of chemo, lots of procedures on bone marrow aspirations, and a MRI of the mouth area (it was a chloroma that made his hard pallet swell). As of now, the only developmental delay we have seen is he hasn’t shown interest in food very much. He still only really wants formula.
Our daughter is 7 1/2 and has stayed with my parents through this journey. My husband and I both quit our jobs to be at the hospital through Bryar’s treatment. Our family has been shattered because of this, but we have been as positive as we can be.
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