Losing your appetite. Enduring back and leg pain, harsh skin reactions and lumbar punctures. Watching your hair falling out. It’s all a daily reality for 8-year-old Mia.
“Mia was just a normal kid,” said Teresa, Mia’s mother. “Extremely active and loved to be outside. Loves the water. She’s obsessed with animals and wants to be a veterinarian.”
Mia’s normal life came to a halt on New Year’s Day of 2021, when doctors diagnosed her with leukemia.
“It wasn’t a very happy new year for us,” said Teresa.
Days before, Teresa recalls Mia had unusual bruising on her legs and abnormal nose bleeds that would take a while to resolve. The family soon realized she needed to go to the emergency room.
“That’s where they let us know she had leukemia,” said Teresa.
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