“it’s conclusive, your son has Fanconi Anemia”…..
Those are the words I heard on September 25, 2002. I also heard that “statistically, kids experience bone marrow failure by the age of 7” and “without a successful transplant, his life expectancy is 12 years old”, and let’s not forget “leukemia would be a walk in the park compared to what he’s up against”.
Never in a million years did I expect to be celebrating WILL’S 11th BIRTHDAY……and for today, he is HEALTHY!
This is a good day for us. I am sure next year when he hits twelve I will be even more overjoyed!
When you are told from the beginning that there really isn’t much of a future and that your son only has a 20% chance of surviving and then IF he does survive a bone marrow transplant he will have an EXTREMELY high chance that he will die of cancer before the age of 22.…you tend to enjoy life and the little things it has to offer a lot more.
I do have to say that Will isn’t really beating the odds, the odds are changing and they in the medical/research field are progressing each and everyday. Medical years are world apart from calendar years and we have come so far. It’s very exciting to see all of this progress unfold right before our very eyes. It’s exciting to see the direction that we are heading and to think that maybe….just maybe…..we will one day have a cure.
We are in a good place and I am so excited to be able to sit back and smile, and enjoy this wonderful day!
Will’s birthday!
Monday, March 16, 2009
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