Abraham Z.Follow

ABRAHAM WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA & COMBINED VARIABLE IMMUNO DEFICENCY SYNDROME ON 9/6/05 . HE HAD CHEMOTHERAPY FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND FINISHED ON 11/9/08. HE HAD MUTIPLE SIDE EFFECTS FROM CHEMOTHERAPY BEYOND WHAT TYPICALLY WAS EXCEPTED. HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT INFECTIONS, MOUTH SORES, FEEDING TUBES, FEVERS, FOOT DROP, AND LIVER TOXICITY(JUST TO NAME A FEW) . HE RECEIVED MUTIPLE SPINAL TAPS AND BONE MARROW BIOPSIES. HE RECIEVED MORE RADIATION FROM TEST AND PROCEDURES THAN ANYONE WOULD EVER RECIEVE IN THEIR LIFE.


HE EXPERIENCED THIS ALL BEING JUST THREE YEARS OLD. THIS IS THE LIFE HE HAD FOR OVER THREE YEARS. WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO A BABY OF HIS AGE? THIS IS WHAT ST. BALDRICK'S IS ABOUT...TO FIND A WAY TO BEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER.


TO DATE HE IS FREE OF LEUKEMIA AND IMMUNE DEFICENCY. HE STILL HAS VERY RIDGID FOLLOW UP CARE AND WILL CONTINUE FOR FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND.


HE SPENDS HIS TIME PLAYING SPORTS LIKE HOCKEY, BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL. HE LOVES HIS FRIENDS AT SCHOOL, SPENDING TIME UP NORTH WITH HIS NANA, FISHING, PLAYING OUTSIDE AND SWIMMING WITH HIS COUSINS. HE HAS HAD STRUGGLES IN SCHOOL BUT HAS THE HELP FROM HIS TEACHERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. HE IS LOVED BY HIS TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES. HE IS A BELOVED SON, GRANDSON AND BIG BROTHER. HE IS LOVED BY ALL.


A word from a mother "Even though the diagnosis of CANCER is gone it lives on forever in the hearts and mind of those that have been touched by it. Not a day goes by that you don't think, WHEN WILL "IT" COME BACK TO DESTROY AGAIN..."