Phoenix - Anchorage

Phoenix is our spunky, charismatic, happy 4 year old who is obsessed with anything Disney related, and his favorite character is Woody from Toy Story. He loves to wrestle with his Dad and 2 big brothers Koko & Bubba, plus give his dog King a run for his money as well. In early June (2018) Phoenix had a high fever for 5 days straight and we couldn’t figure out what was going on. After our 2nd trip to the pediatrician they suggested we head to the ER for further testing, and after many hours the Doctor came in and told us Phoenix’s white blood cell count was through the roof, and that he could be looking at Cancer. After being admitted to The Children’s Hospital at Providence, Phoenix underwent a bone marrow biopsy and was officially diagnosed on June 12, 2018 with High Risk Pre-B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or ALL (Phoenix was 3 years old at that time).
We were beyond blown away from this news and the next day Pheonix went into surgery to install his port and start Day 1 of chemotherapy with the start of the first phase, Induction. After 29 days of chemo, spinal pokes, steroids and medications the doctors performed another bone marrow biopsy. They came back with Zero cancer cells!! Which allowed Phoenix to leave the hospital after a 35 day stay. Over the first year he was in & out of the hospital for 100 days had 20 plus blood & platelet transfusions and was poked more times than we want to count.
Phoenix is now in Maintenance Phase of his fight against Cancer. There have been plenty of scary moments for this 4 year old, but it has been amazing to see Pheonix adjust and meet the fight head on! His journey is something we take one day at a time, and we were told his treatment end date is October 3, 2021. He still has a long way to go, but Phoenix Will Rise Above Cancer!!