Hello, It's me, Alondra... Up until January 6, 2023 I was an active, healthy soul who walked around laughing and was always on the go. You'd see me cracking jokes and making everyone around me laugh. Around Christmas time I began to feel off, not quite myself. I didn't think much of it, figured it was a virus that would eventually go away. I started feeling extremely fatigued to the point where I couldn't get out of bed to go to work, nausea was so bad, I thought I had COVID at one point as well, symptoms all led to that. I finally went to Urgent care where I was tested and sent upon my way... "it's a virus, should go away in a few days" were the words I was told. That didn't sit right with me so I scheduled an appointment for the following day with my doctor to get more answers. She sent me in for bloodwork that would ultimately change my life. As I waited for results I felt worse and went into the ER at Zeeland and was never sent home...

After what felt like hundreds of tests later, I officially got diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on January 10th, 2023. I have been admitted to the hospital for over a month with no day in sight to be discharged. I've undergone several chemotherapy treatments so far with the hope that it kills all cancerous cells. It's going to be a long road to recovery, at least a year of intensive spinal taps and chemo to get to remission. This has been the hardest thing to go through physically and mentally as it's draining me to my core. What hurts the most is being away from my daughter and family for so long in a room where everything feels like it's on pause. I look out the window and see people just living their lives while I feel stuck in my own. I just want to be healthy and home again.

Although this has been rough on me, I appreciate all the love, prayers, well wishes, text messages and help that everyone has given me. I feel so overwhelmed by my village of people who are rooting for me. Please don't feel the need to donate but if you do, it's appreciated from the bottom of my heart.

After all this, God is good and I'm happy to be alive. Please take a moment to appreciate what you have around you and never take anything for granted especially your health. I'll use this to update any major things as well. Thank you for your time and Have a good day! GOD IS IN CONTROL always.