Haylee woke up in the middle of the night complaining of severe leg and hip pain. As time went by, we tried giving her Tylenol and the pain seemed to just keep getting worse. I took her into the emergency room on that Sunday morning where blood work revealed that things weren’t right. We immediately were sent to Children’s Hospital in Omaha where Haylee would undergo a bone marrow biopsy on Monday morning revealing that she had Leukemia.
Haylee has been undergoing IV chemotherapy, oral chemo at home, and chemotherapy injected through lumbar punctures periodically. The biggest struggle we face because of treatment is the emotional toll that it takes on us. It is hard watching your 6-year-old child go through something so awful knowing there is nothing else you can do about it. The other struggle is juggling time off work for appointments, costs of travel, and keeping stress levels down.
This diagnosis has changed our family life in many ways. Our family has always been tight-knit but has grown even closer since all of this has happened. We are more cautious about what we do and the people that we are around due to germs. We have learned to truly cherish all of the moments that we have together and make the best out of an awful situation.
Hope session by Snaps & Sprouts Photography | Facebook | Instagram