Bodyn the Brave

Bodyn was diagnosed April 14, 2017 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), 2 weeks shy of his 4th Birthday (April 28th). What brought us into the hospital was a routine check up the day before with the pediatrician to receive vaccinations and have a few lumps in his groin checked out because they were swollen. Noticing that Bo was very pale, blood work was done to check for anemia and low iron deficiency. The blood work came back with alarming numbers. A high white blood count, low hemoglobin and low platelets. We immediately took Bodyn to Robert Wood Johnson Children's Hospital in New Brunswick NJ, emergency room department and were quickly met with the oncology team. More blood work, a bone marrow biopsy, and lumbar puncture had confirmed the diagnosis. Bodyn was admitted and spent 5 weeks in the hospital during his induction round of chemotherapy. During week 4 of the stay, another bone marrow biopsy was done, and shown him to be in remission. Great news, however much more to go. A port was put in between induction round and consolidation. As of January 2018, Bodyn had went through several rounds of chemotherapy that was a very aggressive protocol. This required chemo, numerous lumbar punctures, blood and platelet transfusions, IVIG, and scheduled stays at the hospital as well as some stays due to fevers/count recovery. A fever of 100.4 or higher requires an admission through the emergency department. Bo is now in the maintenance phase, which is a once a month lumbar puncture, chemo, IVIG and clinic visit. Also he receives chemo at home through pill form. This will go on for a year, before a new schedule of treatment starts.

Regardless of everything that has happened since the day of Bodyn's diagnosis, he has been a courageous brave little boy. With two older brothers, Connor and Aiden, he has had no problems keeping up with them. Power of prayer, an amazing community and support system behind us from everywhere has been extremely helpful and we are forever grateful. We can't thank all of you enough for being a part of Team Bo.

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This GoFundMe was set up to help the family with the costs associated with Bodyn’s journey, from any medical bills, gas and parking fees, groceries etc.