Caisen was always a very happy little guy, then one night he spiked a small fever and was acting very irritable. I took him to urgent care and I was very concerned because I knew that was not like him. The doctor said it was a virus so I went home. I tried to let it run its course but he wasn’t better so we made an appointment with our primary care doctor. They also said it was a virus. I was wanting bloodwork because I knew something wasn’t right. Caisen was laying around, very pale, was in pain, and very uncomfortable.
Another week went by and we went back to his primary doctor and still saying they said it was just a virus and no bloodwork necessary. I was still worried and upset but I tried to keep him as comfortable as I could. At the end of that week, we went to the ER. There an Xray showed he was backed up, but he usually was and takes Miralax for chronic constipation. We went home with extra Miralax but after two days he was worse. I went back to the hospital and begged them to do bloodwork. They still did Xray first then finally some bloodwork. That is when they found signs of possible cancer. We went to the main hospital at Akron Children’s Hospital. There we found out it was Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
This has definitely has kept us on our toes. I have not been able to work since the diagnosis, but his brother has been wonderful through it all but I know he is affected.
Caisen is a happy, funny but stubborn little guy!
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