Abigail is a twin. Both twin girls have down syndrome (which is extremely rare!) and their family recently moved back to our area and their kids attend the same school as mine so when Bree gets a chance to see Abigail or Natasha (the other twin) she runs up and hugs them. They are a year younger than Bree so we are hoping they stay in the area so they can go to the same elementary as Bree in a few years.
Well, Abigail and her family need prayers right now.
They just found out that Abigail has Leukemia.
This was taken from their family blog:
"Abigail was diagnosed at 2 a.m. this morning with Leukemia. We had taken her in because her leg hurt and she wouldn't walk. We went from probable toddler fracture to Leukemia in 2 hours. 13 hours later she was in surgery getting a permanant port, spinal puncture with chemo, and a bone marrow biopsy. Tomorrow or Sat. she starts 2+ years of cancer treatments. The success rate is 80%. Another fun statistic is that Natasha has a 50-75% chance of getting it. If not now, eventually. Please keep our little fighting angel in your prayers."
This family is amazing! They have 7 children, the oldest is in 4th grade, and in that 7 they have these precious twin girls who happen to have down syndrome.
Fight hard little Abigail! We will be praying for you and your family!
11 comments:
Oh no! Praying.
We've been there, and too recently. It's a really rough road, but it is support like yours that helps a LOT. If they have any questions about life with leukemia, feel free to have them email us...andrewstrang at msn dot com.
Oh no, this is so sad. :( And the leg pain/refusing to walk is something I hear a lot. If only nobody else could ever have leg pain.
we have been there...Kecia, can you post their blog?
would love to help
cathy
Just wanted to let you know that if she would like, I would love to walk this road with your friend and answer any questions she might have as Denise (Ella's mom) has been there for me. I hate to hear that another of our sweeties has to fight this battle, it breaks my heart! My email address is livinglifewithes@yahoo.com, I would love to provide any support I can to her!
Oh my goodness! We will pray for them. They are such adorable girls.
Kecia, what a beautiful little girl. My heart breaks for her family. Prayers will go up for all of the mat this difficult time. Is their blog private or can you give us their address so we can leave them messages
It's so unfair our little angels have to overcome yet another obstacle. We will be praying like crazy from Idaho!!
So sorry to hear about another little one dealing withe leukemia. Unfortunately I know there will be more since we all have so many friends with kids with Ds and the statistics are there :( It doesn't sound like Abigail has the exact same kind as Ella based on the fact that you said she has a couple years of treatment but if her mom would like to talk about, I would be happy to reach out. I did see a couple other comments reaching out to her so I hope she will be able to find someone....it makes ALL the difference in the journey!! Simply, Sarah's son had the same type of leukemia as what I believe Abigail has so she would probably be the BEST source. If she has a blog, ask if you can share it with us and the support I received from ALL of you made a world of difference in our getting through it.
Oh no!! This is so sad!! we will be praying for abigail.
Love the picture! I am amazed you can remember which girl was in the picture. Feel free to post a link to our blog. Thanks!
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