Harshit was diagnosed with a combination of rare cancers on November 4th, 2018. He has undergone a very aggressive treatment which includes many chemotherapy cycles, major thoracic surgery, and a bone marrow transplant for which he had to stay in the hospital off and on for over a year.
Harshit had a low-grade fever, coughing, and facial swelling for over three months which was misdiagnosed as allergies and viral infection. We took him for a chest x-ray in urgent care where they saw a huge (8” by 8” by 3”) tumor in his mediastinum covering almost all of his right lung. The tumor was cancerous and was diagnosed as a mixed non-seminomatous germ cell tumor. It was later found that along with this he also has Leukemia ( AML M7 ). After his tumor was taken out it was found that he also had a third malignancy, Rhabdomyosarcoma.
He has undergone many chemotherapy cycles, major thoracic surgery, and a bone marrow transplant. He is not undergoing treatment right now but has frequent visits to the hospital for tests and scans.
Harshit’s diagnosis has changed our life. We were living in the hospital with him for many months because he was extremely sick. My daughter was his bone marrow donor ( she was 14 then). Since we have no family in the USA, things have been difficult.
Harshit has some long-term side effects from his disease and treatment but we are grateful that he is cancer-free now and life is moving towards normal (new normal). He has a very positive attitude which has been the driving force for his miraculous recovery.
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