Marisa, who is only 12 years old and diagnosed with marrow cancer, tells us about her wonderful experience living her dream visiting for the first time the beach.
LIVING IN A DREAM: MARISA
Hi! My name is Marisa and I am 12 years old. When I was nine years old, I was diagnosed with Marrow Cancer. The way symptoms started to show up, was when I started having fevers almost daily without explanation. Also, small red dots appeared in my eyes which became the first main symptom I developed, and made me realize that something was wrong. Because of that, my mom decide to take me to a clinic; and they took on me some blood tests that gave low results for platelets, hemoglobin, among others. Later, I was moved to another clinic where I got into a procedure of Bone Marrow aspiration. It was very harsh for me, as they made my whole body feel in pain. .
Later on, doctors made biopsies in me because I started to had spots in my body that were either red color or purple color and it was when I was diagnosed with Cancer. For treatment, I went through chemotherapy which were very exhausting, but it helped me to stop the cancer spreading. Months later, I was candidate for a Bone Marrow Transplant. Guess what? My Dad was the donator, and the surgery was successful. Since the day of the surgery symptoms have not shown up again or any signs of cancer, although I have to frequently go to the doctor to rest assured.
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Marisa, who is only 12 years old and diagnosed with marrow cancer, tells us about her wonderful experience living her dream visiting for the first time the beach.