On September 9th 2006, early in the morning, my brother David rushed me to the hospital after many weeks of feeling ill.
Upon arriving at the hospital, I was immediately taken to the ER. I was anticipating being told I was suffering from a violent
stomach bug and needed fluids for dehydration. Well, after two hours of being in the ER, the doctor approached both myself
and brother with some bad news. Although the hospital did not have a hematologist on staff that morning, he thought that I
had leukemia. After being informed of this, I got up out of the hospital bed and went to the bathroom. I remember looking in
the mirror and thinking they must be mistaken, this isn't happening to me. I'm only 29. A few minutes later, I returned to my
hospital bed, at which time the doctor said I would be taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston via ambulance. Both
my brother and I knew this was pretty serious, since they were going to transport me right away. The first phone call I
made... to continue reading Robin's story, please click on this link
Upon arriving at the hospital, I was immediately taken to the ER. I was anticipating being told I was suffering from a violent
stomach bug and needed fluids for dehydration. Well, after two hours of being in the ER, the doctor approached both myself
and brother with some bad news. Although the hospital did not have a hematologist on staff that morning, he thought that I
had leukemia. After being informed of this, I got up out of the hospital bed and went to the bathroom. I remember looking in
the mirror and thinking they must be mistaken, this isn't happening to me. I'm only 29. A few minutes later, I returned to my
hospital bed, at which time the doctor said I would be taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston via ambulance. Both
my brother and I knew this was pretty serious, since they were going to transport me right away. The first phone call I
made... to continue reading Robin's story, please click on this link
Robin's Story
Jon's Story
"I lied to you," said my doctor. And I knew at that instant.
I knew what the doctor was about to tell me even as her lips formed silently only the first syllables of the first words that she
would use to deliver the news she hadn't ever expected to deliver.
"The tumor we believed to be benign is..." she told me with a hint of incredulity and maybe even a bit of guilt, pausing not for
effect but because she truly needed to find the words. "I'm sorry to say that it's malignant."
She let the word sink in for a moment, perhaps as much for herself as for me. And then she continued, lifting the veil on a
ruse that intuition had told me was a ruse from the moment she'd called me in to her office.
"I called you in today not to check up on your scar, as I said on your machine, but rather to tell you face-to-face that..." Breath.
"... you have cancer."...to continue reading Jon's story, please click on this link
I knew what the doctor was about to tell me even as her lips formed silently only the first syllables of the first words that she
would use to deliver the news she hadn't ever expected to deliver.
"The tumor we believed to be benign is..." she told me with a hint of incredulity and maybe even a bit of guilt, pausing not for
effect but because she truly needed to find the words. "I'm sorry to say that it's malignant."
She let the word sink in for a moment, perhaps as much for herself as for me. And then she continued, lifting the veil on a
ruse that intuition had told me was a ruse from the moment she'd called me in to her office.
"I called you in today not to check up on your scar, as I said on your machine, but rather to tell you face-to-face that..." Breath.
"... you have cancer."...to continue reading Jon's story, please click on this link
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Stephen's Story
LEUKEMIA... the word still makes me lose my breath.
Stephen was 4 years old when he developed a sudden onset of a fever. Little did we know, at that very moment, a war was
raging inside his little body. Stephen quickly became fatigued, pale and listless. He had stopped eating and drinking, and he
could barely stay awake. His health was deteriorating by the minute. His temperature was reaching 104.7 and was not
responding to Tylenol, Advil, or cool baths; we were terrified. Our first visit to the pediatrician's office determined Stephen
had Pneumonia, and an antibiotic was prescribed. After 2 days of not making any progress, we called the doctor again only
to have another, stronger antibiotic prescribed. We waited patiently for a recovery that was not coming. We needed to go
back to the doctor. We carried Stephen into the pediatrician's...to continue reading Stephen's story, please click on this link
Stephen was 4 years old when he developed a sudden onset of a fever. Little did we know, at that very moment, a war was
raging inside his little body. Stephen quickly became fatigued, pale and listless. He had stopped eating and drinking, and he
could barely stay awake. His health was deteriorating by the minute. His temperature was reaching 104.7 and was not
responding to Tylenol, Advil, or cool baths; we were terrified. Our first visit to the pediatrician's office determined Stephen
had Pneumonia, and an antibiotic was prescribed. After 2 days of not making any progress, we called the doctor again only
to have another, stronger antibiotic prescribed. We waited patiently for a recovery that was not coming. We needed to go
back to the doctor. We carried Stephen into the pediatrician's...to continue reading Stephen's story, please click on this link