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2 year old twins with Leukemia


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On another site I am on there is a situation with a baby very sick with leukemia. the doctors want to give up on him. The woman who posted the quote below, her name is Denise. Her daughter and her Daughter's husband want nothing to do with God and are angry with Christians who are praying and their twins are not getting better. They have been sick for most of their life with cancer.
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I feel like the whole world is speaking a language I just don't understand anymore.

The leukemia is back in force. The bone marrow transplant (twice) from his sister only lasted a short time. I'm just confused and more than a bit frustrated.

An hour ago the cancer specialists said that they would not try another bone marrow transplant (transfusion?) from his sister. Medically there is now two options. Putting him on morphine and allowing him to die painlessly. Or try chemo again.

The doctors want to allow Shaun to die. The family want the fight on.

For the very first time Jennifer had to be put on tranquilizer. She is staying with Mike and Anna-Marie.
Andy is with Shaun, and he's numb. Anna-Marie, my oldest daughter, is just hysterical and very, very angry. I have no idea where Charlie & Marcie are. They could be heading to Tucson with the twins for all I know.

The doctors said that the leukemia is "hiding" somewhere. Even to myself that's double dutch.

Mike,

Shaun and Ryan are Mike's youngest brothers twin boys. Get that? Anna-Marie is their aunt.
They are 2 years old. In fact they held their 2nd birthday at the cancer unit a week ago. Both have been fighting leukemia for 20 months and they really have seen miracle after miracle keep these babies alive.


When they were diagnosed with leukemia Charlie & Marcie purchased the house next door to their home near mid-town for Andy & Jennifer. Mike & Anna-Marie recently purchased the house next door Andy and Jennifer.
The family was trying to close ranks to share the caretaking of the twins.

Jennifer got pregnant again, and again she had twins. A little boy and a little girl. They are now 6 months old. Erin, the little girl, was thee perfect match for a bone marrow transfusion and both transfusions seemed a huge success.

But a nurse in one hospital ripped a band-aid off Shaun and never applied an anti-biotic. An infection set in and - Shaun just having had a transfusion - was too weak to have any resilience. The resulting infections went to his internal organs, his kidneys shut down, he was put into a medical coma for two weeks and almost died.

He had a second transfusion, and did GREAT. It was an AMEN moment. So good that after the birthday party both boys came back to Ruidoso. Shaun went into the hospital for blood work today and the results came back this evening - full blown leukemia, AGAIN.

His mother, Jennifer, just fell apart. Andy is heading to the hospital with Shaun. I guess the same team of pediatric cancer specialists are going to meet them.

If Shaun dies Ryan will die - they are that close. Ryan can't fight without his brother.

Anna-Marie phoned the cancer specialists and demanded to know why they couldn't test her kids, my grand-children, and see if any are a match. I don't understand why they can't do a third transplant from Erin. Or if the leukemia is "hiding" why they can't find where it is.

But there is actually another part of me wondering what is happening here. I keep praying for a miracle, and my idea of a miracle is life. That Shaun and Ryan become healthy little boys - a living testimony of Gods healing power.

Tonight I wonder. Is it wrong to keep praying for life when you know that death brings eternal life?

It's been a stressful night I don't know if I am thinking foolishly or not. I wouldn't be shocked if we have all lost our bloody noodles tonight.

Thanking you all sincerely for your prayers. ><> ><> ><>
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I have a friend whose baby had leukemia basically at birth (diagnosed at age 8 wks) and her baby died after a bone marrow transplant at age 14 months. It was rough. (The baby would be three right now, same age as our Andrew, we were pregnant together) They were in our church but now they are in PE's church. Would this mother be willing to correspond with her? You can PM me about it if you want. Its so sad and hard.

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