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My bestfriend just got the worst news of her life, I am going to post from her fb post to give you all the details. Her sweet, happy 4 year old daughter Louella has cancer. Myra is one of the strongest, selfless people I’ve ever met in my entire life & she deserves all the love, support and help she could get during this time. Here is her post.


"I am so sorry but Louella does in fact have Leukemia"


Those 9 words will be burned into my mind for an eternity. 3 days ago we were having a picnic at Dowdy Park and playing.


3 days go by and she's already had 3 surgeries and started rapid chemotherapy. We got to CHKD Thursday at 11 to have some blood work evaluated along with some x-rays... by 2 PM we were told she had Leukemia and large masses all in her chest, neck, and shoulders. To research further yesterday around 10 she went down to the OR for her surgeries. She had a bone marrow biopsy, a lumbar puncture, and a pick line put in. The bone marrow biopsy determined that 75% of the cells they collected were cancerous and the lumbar puncture determined that the cancer has in fact spread to her brain already. The pick line is basically a more permanent IV that goes in through her arm, shoulder, and into her chest to reach more central veins. Eventually she will have a port put in but they aren't able to do that just yet with the large masses in her chest. Louella has T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. My baby has cancer at the age of 4.


Louella has been a trooper thus far. All she wants is to return home and see her little sisters. Unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions, her sisters aren't allowed at the hospital. We have no idea how we are going to juggle life from here on out. Louellas immune system is already too compromised and with chemo it will just get worse. Treatment for her could take 3-4 years and that's if we are lucky and her body responds to it accordingly. She will not be able to go to school. She cannot do dance. My baby is going to lose all of her hair. None of this feels real and I'm still in denial that this is her reality. I truly wish I could take all of this away from her.


I am angry at the world, sad that my child has to go through this, stressed about how my family will make it through this both mentally and financially, and worried if my child will even survive this... so much pain has been poured into our life over the past few days. Millions of thoughts have flooded my mind. Will she survive this? Can I be strong enough for her? How will I work? How will I pay all of our bills? How can I support her emotionally? How do I tell her she will lose all of her hair? How do I tell her she doesn't get to start Kindergarten next year? How do I tell her the next few years of her life will be the farthest from normal? Her birthday is in 13 days. We already cancelled our birthday trip to Asheville. My birthday is the day after Louellas. Never in my life did I expect to be spending my daughters 5th birthday in CHKD fighting cancer.


My heart is completely broken... and as of now that is all I know.

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    Jessie Colombo
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