Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
for my wife's ten year old grandson. His name is Justin Evans and he lives in New York state about as far north as you can go. Normally a happy vibrant kid, he was sent home from school on Tuesday with a fever. He had four teeth coming in and they thought that was the reason for the fever. He seemed better through the evening then about 2am his father heard him moaning in bed that he could not move. He found him convulsing as in a seisure and with high fever. He got the fever down by sponging him then took him to the hospital. He was diagnosed with lukemia and taken to a children's critical care hospital. This is the latest news.
"Justin' has All Acute Lymphosemic Leukemia -he is rated this way per the doctor:
There is a low/med/high/very high levels-- he is already at the high to borderline very high levels.
He will require up to 2 years of treatments. He has it in the blood and the bone marrow at this time. He will be getting 20 different kinds of med's at this time and meds in the spine as well. He will need 2 spinal taps a week, and bone marrow testing every other day. And he will be in the intensive care center for at least 29 days straight of this treatment so far. They now have a tube in his chest to give chemo. So it's going to be 4 weeks so treatments and he is already getting morphine for the pain. and the meds will be given 4 x a day and 4 x a night. He is located in the intensive care unit in Room #20. "
Although he is not a blood relative, I love him just the same. He is my buddy and always rides with me when we need to go someplace when he visits. He likes it when I bypass the driveway and take the field down to the township road. Heh Heh.
Anyway, the family would appreciate a prayer for him. And for those of you with kids, give them an extra hug because you never know. TIA
"Justin' has All Acute Lymphosemic Leukemia -he is rated this way per the doctor:
There is a low/med/high/very high levels-- he is already at the high to borderline very high levels.
He will require up to 2 years of treatments. He has it in the blood and the bone marrow at this time. He will be getting 20 different kinds of med's at this time and meds in the spine as well. He will need 2 spinal taps a week, and bone marrow testing every other day. And he will be in the intensive care center for at least 29 days straight of this treatment so far. They now have a tube in his chest to give chemo. So it's going to be 4 weeks so treatments and he is already getting morphine for the pain. and the meds will be given 4 x a day and 4 x a night. He is located in the intensive care unit in Room #20. "
Although he is not a blood relative, I love him just the same. He is my buddy and always rides with me when we need to go someplace when he visits. He likes it when I bypass the driveway and take the field down to the township road. Heh Heh.
Anyway, the family would appreciate a prayer for him. And for those of you with kids, give them an extra hug because you never know. TIA
