Santiago was diagnosed with leukemia on February 4th of 2020 at the age of 3 and right before the pandemic hit. Before his diagnosis, he had several ear infections and wouldn’t get better. I also noticed a loss of appetite, energy, and some bruises on his legs and arms.
He has had 98 chemotherapies. During each round of chemo, he would have to stay in the hospital for almost a month with only one week break between rounds of chemotherapy. We pretty much lived at the hospital for almost 8 months while the pandemic was happening, so it limited the amount of support we received.
We try to enjoy all the time we have together as a family. We do all suffer from PTSD as every time our son gets sick is hard not to think the worst.
Santiago is so sweet, very friendly, and positive. He has been so brave while fighting cancer.
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