Our baby girl was born on July 28, 2007. Our first shock was that she had Down Syndrome. Our second shock came on February 28, 2010. She was diagnosed with standard risk ALL (Leukemia) at 2 years and 7 months of age. Leah's diagnosis was very quick. She had been very irritable for about three days. We had assumed it was teething due to the fact she had approximately four teeth coming in. She began hurting even more and everywhere. It was getting out of control. She was also running a fever. We noticed that she was very unsteady with standing and dragging her right leg when she was trying to walk. We took her to the ER around 9:00 AM on Sunday, February 28, 2010. We got a preliminary diagnosis, and they transported us to St. Jude. We arrived before 4:00 PM. They began IV fluids and giving platelets that night in order to perform surgery the next morning. On Monday, they added a Hickman line, did a LP, and ran a BM. She began chemotherapy Monday night, March 1, 2010 around 10:00 PM. She is scheduled to complete her treatment plan at St. Jude on October 19, 2012 with her last dose of home chemo to be given 12:00 AM October 26, 2010!!!
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