LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY TEAM IN TRAINING TRIPLE CROWN 2015

MY FAMILY STORY STARTS LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY 2,2014. MY OLDEST SON DEION EARLY BEOFRE THE 2ND OF FEB, DISCOVERED A SWOLLEN MAST ON HIS LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK. THINKING HE MIGHT HAVE PULL A MUSCLE FROM WEIGHT LIFTING OR WHAT. SO THEN RIGHT AFTER HE SHOWED ME THAT, I CALLED THE DOCTOR MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR FEBRUARY 2 AT 8:00AM. ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HE SAID IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT IS PULLED, ITS HIS LYMPH NODES ARE SWOLLEN. PLEASE GO TO CHILDREN HOSPITAL BECAUSE I NEED MORE TESTS RUN AND IM WONDERING WHY ITS THERE. WE WERE THERE ALL DAY AND GOT PUT IN A ROOM THAT NIGHT SO THEY CAN MONITOR HIM AND RUN MORE TESTS. SO FROM FEB. 3 - 5 TESTS AFTER TESTS AND THEY FINALLY SAID THEIR IS POSSIBLY OF CANCER SO THEY DID A BIOPSY SO IT CAN CONFIRM THE DIAGNOSE. THE NEXT MORNING THEY TOLD US THAT OUR SON HAS CANCER AND THEY SAID HE HAS HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA STAGE 2A. HIS DOCTOR TOLD US THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR HIM WHICH IS 4 CYCLES OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND 17 DAYS OF RADIATION THERAPY. HE WENT THROUGH ALL THAT AND BEAT CANCER AS OF JULY 17TH, HE IS IN TOTAL REMISSION. THOSE WORDS WERE A BLESSING TO HEAR. NOW HE GOES TO HIS DOCTOR EVERY 3 MONTHS AND HE DOING SO AWESOME, VERY STRONG YOUNG MAN. SO PLEASE LETS HELP MORE PATIENTS AND FAMILIES MAKE THEIR MIRACLES HAPPEN LIKE MINE. THE DAY AFTER REMISSION HE WENT BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND PRACTICED HARD, BUT HE MISSED IT SO MUCH!