My future daughter-in-law, Haleigh got sick on Tuesday May 20th. She called EMS and was transported to Greer Memorial. While there, after running tests, they were thinking she had some form of blood cancer, Leukemia or possibly a side effect of a medication that she was on. She hardly had any WBC, RBC, or Platelets(All 3 together is called pancytopenic). They told her had she not came then; she wouldn’t be here with us today! She was admitted to the hospital. While there, they decided to transfer her to Greenville Memorial for a bone marrow biopsy to confirm whether or not she did in fact have Leukemia and if so what kind. She was admitted to GMH after transport and received those results on Friday. She does have APL which is Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. For those that don’t know this is a rare blood cancer and can be life-threatening and affects only 30,000/people in the U.S. Each year. Most of these people are in their 30s when they receive the diagnosis and she is only 22! APL is a form of AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) that happens when a genetic mutation creates abnormal white blood cells that multiply uncontrollably in your bone marrow. Apl is a serious condition and requires immediate and aggressive treatment. APL happens when two genes that drive blood cell development fuse to create the abnormal gene PML-RARa. This isn’t a genetic inheritance. It can happen randomly during the span of anyone’s lifetime. This mutation keeps white blood cells from developing as they should and the immature ones multiply uncontrollably, crowding out the healthy blood cells and platelets. (words from Cleveland clinic.com) While this cancer use to be fatal, they have now come up with non-chemotherapy treatment, which has increased the remission and cure rate. As with any cancer, there is always the chance of it coming back, but hopefully hers will not and it will stay away for good! She will have to stay in the hospital for 4-6 weeks for the treatment then if her levels come to a somewhat normal, she will have to have daily treatments after discharge for a while. I’m doing this GoFundMe as they will still have normal bills that come in monthly, travel expenses, etc. now and in the months to come. Her and my daughter have worked so hard to get to where they are, build a life for themselves, take on a teenager that they loved, just in their early 20's and this is just a stumbling block. They will overcome this hurtle. This will be a lifetime change for all of them, and any donation helps!