Mackenzies story
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Let me tell you a little bit about Mackenzie, she is such a beautiful, kind and clever soul. A lot of children that have these terrible illnesses are however Mackenzie is one of a kind, I might say that cause she’s my daughter but I’ve never know anyone to go through cancer treatment and still have the energy and strength as what she does! She amazes the doctors, nurses and consultants every day and to know that I now have to gamble with my daughters life breaks my heart. She is finally allowed the bone marrow transplant that we have been waiting for since we got the diagnosis of aml but she has other problems along side. Her heart is very poorly and doesn’t pump round as much blood as it should, there will be a lot of risks if we go through with the bone marrow she could quite possibly die due to heart failure and if I don’t go though with it I’ll lose her in a few months. Please just let that sink in I’m 20 years old trying to make a decision like that.
After a hard few days of trying to make a decision me and Mackenzies dad have come to decide we are going to be taking her home. The bone marrow transplant had too many risks and not a possible outcome, so we would have been putting our baby init a fight she won’t be able to nor be strong enough to win. I would not wish this upon anyone, and the world is such a cruel place it’s unreal. I pray everyday that the children who have high risk aml survive this disgusting disease, because of cancer I won’t be able to watch my baby grow up She wont have the big birthdays, she wont have the prom the wedding the baby showers she wont be able to watch her own children grow up and that is a different type of pain. The symptoms are so easy to miss and I wish I’d done more but the truth is I was taking her to the doctors 3 times a week for 4 months and everything time they told me she was fine and after a while you start to believe it, I just want you to follow your gut feeling if you know there is something wrong with your child then don’t listen to the professionals, although they have the decrees and the qualifications they don’t know your child, your child is not a text book so stand your ground. If you have read all of Mackenzies story then please give it a share and if you can donate anything is helpful.
After a hard few days of trying to make a decision me and Mackenzies dad have come to decide we are going to be taking her home. The bone marrow transplant had too many risks and not a possible outcome, so we would have been putting our baby init a fight she won’t be able to nor be strong enough to win. I would not wish this upon anyone, and the world is such a cruel place it’s unreal. I pray everyday that the children who have high risk aml survive this disgusting disease, because of cancer I won’t be able to watch my baby grow up She wont have the big birthdays, she wont have the prom the wedding the baby showers she wont be able to watch her own children grow up and that is a different type of pain. The symptoms are so easy to miss and I wish I’d done more but the truth is I was taking her to the doctors 3 times a week for 4 months and everything time they told me she was fine and after a while you start to believe it, I just want you to follow your gut feeling if you know there is something wrong with your child then don’t listen to the professionals, although they have the decrees and the qualifications they don’t know your child, your child is not a text book so stand your ground. If you have read all of Mackenzies story then please give it a share and if you can donate anything is helpful.
Organizer
Chelsea Elliott
Organizer
England