Hey guys. I want to tell you a little bit about Luca. I met him last Saturday, and am so excited to be doing this triathlon to help him and others just like him.
On Tuesday, April 8th, 2008, Luca had his tonsils and adnoids taken out at Texas Children's Hospital.
Although he is a little young for this surgery, the doctor's felt that it was definitely for the best that they came out, especially since it seemed to be causing his lymph node to swell as well. Luca spent the night just to be on the safe side for his age, and was expected to fully recover in a few weeks.
On Thursday of the following week, Sharon and Falco deciced to take him back for a checkup, as his Lymph node seemed to be getting larger, and he had little bruises all over his body. It seemed that anywhere he had been tickled or held, he had bruises, so the doctors decided to do some further bloodwork.
The crushing news came at around 9:00pm on Thursday night when the pathologist called Sharon and Falco and gave them the initial diagnosis that Luca had (T Cell -ALL), or Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Although he is a little young for this surgery, the doctor's felt that it was definitely for the best that they came out, especially since it seemed to be causing his lymph node to swell as well. Luca spent the night just to be on the safe side for his age, and was expected to fully recover in a few weeks.
On Thursday of the following week, Sharon and Falco deciced to take him back for a checkup, as his Lymph node seemed to be getting larger, and he had little bruises all over his body. It seemed that anywhere he had been tickled or held, he had bruises, so the doctors decided to do some further bloodwork.
The crushing news came at around 9:00pm on Thursday night when the pathologist called Sharon and Falco and gave them the initial diagnosis that Luca had (T Cell -ALL), or Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
He was just admitted back to the hospital on Monday. He woke up ~9:15 feeling like he was going to throw up and had a fever of 105.1.
Even with everything he has endured in the past year, he still has an upbeat attitude and is the cutest kid ever!
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