Teags gets blood work done every summer because of her seizure disorder. In July of 2020, her blood work showed low WBC, so we started to wean her off of one seizure med and onto another, as the first known to suppress white blood cells and she has been on it for 4 years.

In August we re-tested and her blood counts were still low. So we saw hematology at our children’s hospital. I asked the doctor point blank “Is this leukemia?” He said I don’t believe so and she doesn’t have any symptoms. I think this is her marrow still recovering, but to redraw her blood in 2-4 weeks.

We did, and we got a call at 11pm on Friday from our pediatrician telling us we need to redo it Saturday morning. We did. They called us 4 hours later and said to pack our bags to go to our children’s hospital and to be prepared to stay. Once we got checked in, we were still unsure of her diagnosis until after the bone marrow aspiration.

She was a highly active child prior to diagnosis, she was biking 5-7 miles a day and swimming an average of 1200 yards in an hour during swim team. She has been so lucky to still be able to walk without much pain, but she is so limited compared to the past.

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