Help Christian Beat Leukemia
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We are heartbroken to report that one of our Bull McCabe's family members is suffering a hardship that no one should ever have to experience. Anneliese Walters' son was diagnosed with Leukemia last week, and we want to help alleviate some of the fear by raising funds to lessen the financial woes that treating cancer brings.
The afternoon of October 6, 2020, Anneliese and Michael took their 8 year old son Christian for a check-up at a nearby Urgent Care. They had noticed alarming small red dots (called petechiae) on Christian’s legs, buttocks and tongue, in addition to soreness and fatigue.
During their check-up Urgent Care advised them to go straight to Cone Health Women’s and Children’s Center in Greensboro, NC. Once they were admitted the doctors ran blood tests immediately. After a few hours of waiting the results came back showing Christian was positive for Leukemia.
The medical staff at Cone Health contacted the UNC Children’s hospital where they specialize in children's cancer. UNC sent a team in an ambulance to retrieve Christian from Greensboro to get him the help he desperately needed. When Christian arrived at UNC, the care team got started right away -- they had even set up a room before he got there. After being admitted the doctors and nursing staff worked diligently to investigate what was really happening with Christian, and with the knowledge they had they ruled it was a form of ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia).
Anneliese and Michael were flooded with information. Within 36 hours Christian was given anesthesia and taken in for surgery. They took samples of his bone marrow and did a spinal tap, and Christian was given a central venous catheter to help carry nutrients and medicine into his body. Through all of this, Christian decided that he wanted to donate some bone marrow for research so that he can help other children.
By the end of the evening the Walters had surgery results. Christian has what is called Pre B-Cell ALL Leukemia. Thankfully, there are no signs of cancer in his spine. A CT scan tested his blood in the brain, and those results came back negative as well. His heart is healthy, and so are his liver and kidneys. As far as news goes, this was the best they could have hoped for given the heartbreaking situation they are in.
After surgery, Christian was sore for 3 days. He was hardly eating and not wanting to talk. If you know Christian you know that's the exact opposite of how he normally is, which scared and shocked Anneliese and Michael. Being the incredibly close family they are they were by his side the whole way through - - providing him with all the love and affection he needed. Something that has never changed, and never will change.
However, the Walters family is far from out of the woods. Christian has just started chemo and has 2-3 years of treatment ahead of him assuming all goes well.
Also given this crazy time and the need to be with her son, Anneliese will be unable to work until his immune system is no longer compromised. Anneliese is a beloved member of our Bull McCabe's family, and working in a social setting in the current time is now an impossibility for her.
Every day that passes brings more evidence of the financial burden that this will bring to their family. They are insured, but their insurance is not coming through for them for Christian's treatments. The task of them kicking this cancer should be all they have on their plates, but it will cost around $7,000 a month for the next couple of years, in addition to the debt of the first week of their hospital stay. This is without even considering her loss of income.
The Walters are working diligently with organizations to help with this cost, but nothing is coming through so far, so even the smallest donation is helpful.
The Walters family is one that loves being together, laughing together, loves nature and taking hikes and camping trips together. In fact I know of few families as close as the Walters, and as in love with their son as Anneliese and Michael are. Christian is a talkative, fun-loving, incredible sweet and caring kid. He is the spitting image of his goof-ball mom. Help us to help them to keep their ability to laugh together through all of this. We can't cure him, but we can make sure they don't lose more than they have already lost with this diagnosis.
The afternoon of October 6, 2020, Anneliese and Michael took their 8 year old son Christian for a check-up at a nearby Urgent Care. They had noticed alarming small red dots (called petechiae) on Christian’s legs, buttocks and tongue, in addition to soreness and fatigue.
During their check-up Urgent Care advised them to go straight to Cone Health Women’s and Children’s Center in Greensboro, NC. Once they were admitted the doctors ran blood tests immediately. After a few hours of waiting the results came back showing Christian was positive for Leukemia.
The medical staff at Cone Health contacted the UNC Children’s hospital where they specialize in children's cancer. UNC sent a team in an ambulance to retrieve Christian from Greensboro to get him the help he desperately needed. When Christian arrived at UNC, the care team got started right away -- they had even set up a room before he got there. After being admitted the doctors and nursing staff worked diligently to investigate what was really happening with Christian, and with the knowledge they had they ruled it was a form of ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia).
Anneliese and Michael were flooded with information. Within 36 hours Christian was given anesthesia and taken in for surgery. They took samples of his bone marrow and did a spinal tap, and Christian was given a central venous catheter to help carry nutrients and medicine into his body. Through all of this, Christian decided that he wanted to donate some bone marrow for research so that he can help other children.
By the end of the evening the Walters had surgery results. Christian has what is called Pre B-Cell ALL Leukemia. Thankfully, there are no signs of cancer in his spine. A CT scan tested his blood in the brain, and those results came back negative as well. His heart is healthy, and so are his liver and kidneys. As far as news goes, this was the best they could have hoped for given the heartbreaking situation they are in.
After surgery, Christian was sore for 3 days. He was hardly eating and not wanting to talk. If you know Christian you know that's the exact opposite of how he normally is, which scared and shocked Anneliese and Michael. Being the incredibly close family they are they were by his side the whole way through - - providing him with all the love and affection he needed. Something that has never changed, and never will change.
However, the Walters family is far from out of the woods. Christian has just started chemo and has 2-3 years of treatment ahead of him assuming all goes well.
Also given this crazy time and the need to be with her son, Anneliese will be unable to work until his immune system is no longer compromised. Anneliese is a beloved member of our Bull McCabe's family, and working in a social setting in the current time is now an impossibility for her.
Every day that passes brings more evidence of the financial burden that this will bring to their family. They are insured, but their insurance is not coming through for them for Christian's treatments. The task of them kicking this cancer should be all they have on their plates, but it will cost around $7,000 a month for the next couple of years, in addition to the debt of the first week of their hospital stay. This is without even considering her loss of income.
The Walters are working diligently with organizations to help with this cost, but nothing is coming through so far, so even the smallest donation is helpful.
The Walters family is one that loves being together, laughing together, loves nature and taking hikes and camping trips together. In fact I know of few families as close as the Walters, and as in love with their son as Anneliese and Michael are. Christian is a talkative, fun-loving, incredible sweet and caring kid. He is the spitting image of his goof-ball mom. Help us to help them to keep their ability to laugh together through all of this. We can't cure him, but we can make sure they don't lose more than they have already lost with this diagnosis.
Co-organizers (2)
Casey Oster
Organizer
Durham, NC
Michelle Moore
Beneficiary
Eli Rainwater
Co-organizer