DIAGNOSIS INFORMATION
Diagnosis:
Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Treated at:
Karmanos Cancer Center
Current Status:
Cancer free
Age at Diagnosis:
0
Kevin S.Follow
Location: Clinton Township, MI, US Age: 11
Kevin was diagnosed with a very rare form of Leukemia - Juvenile Myelomononocytic Leukemia (JMML) - when he was four months old. The doctors told his family that this was, in actuality, a form of adult leukemia.
Because JMML is so rare, the doctors were stumped as to how to treat this disease in such a young person and put Kevin on an aggressive, trial-by-error treatment. He eventually needed a Bone Marrow Transplant, during which he almost died because of a undetected virus that wiped out his immune system. He became very sick, had multiple systems failure, a collapsed lung and was, eventually, put in a drug induced coma. The doctors didn't think Kevin was going to make it, but each time they were running out of options, a new research study would be released that would hel...
Because JMML is so rare, the doctors were stumped as to how to treat this disease in such a young person and put Kevin on an aggressive, trial-by-error treatment. He eventually needed a Bone Marrow Transplant, during which he almost died because of a undetected virus that wiped out his immune system. He became very sick, had multiple systems failure, a collapsed lung and was, eventually, put in a drug induced coma. The doctors didn't think Kevin was going to make it, but each time they were running out of options, a new research study would be released that would hel...
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