My name is Patrick McSweeney. I was diagnosed with ALL when I was 5 years, 1 month old. My journey is now nearly 15 years long.  I've relapsed six times.  In 2010, Relapse I, I was treated with high dose chemotherapy for 2 years.  I was off treatment 9 months after that and Relapse II came.  I spent the year in Cincinnati for a bone marrow transplant.  The BMT was a success, but then I relapsed a third time.  I spent the next 4 years being treated in Philadelphia, using experimental T-cell therapy.  The CART-19 treatment engineered my T-cells into killer T-cells to wipe out my B-cells.  The research associated with this experimental therapy was funded, in part, by St. Baldrick's.  I can say that your donations supported the research that gave me a chance to live another day.  

I relapsed for the 6th time in 2018.  The T-cells put me in remission but wouldn't keep me in remission.  So I went through BMT2 at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.  I'm still recovering from this transplant.    

You can help me and my friends battling cancer by donating to St. Baldrick's in my honor. I appreciate your support in trying to find a cure for childhood cancer. Thank you!