Honored Kid

Jacqueline Zuno

Age 18
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Location

Topeka, KS, US

Diagnosis

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

Date of Diagnosis

August 2016

Status

Cancer-free

Treated At

Cotton O'Neil Cancer Center

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My Story

Thank you for supporting me and the 300,000 kids worldwide who will be diagnosed with cancer this year. By sharing the gifts of your time, talent and money with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, you're supporting research to give all kids with cancer a better chance for a cure. My daughter, Jacqueline Zuno was diagnosed at the age of 10 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on August 18, 2016. A few months before Jackie was diagnosed, my mom noticed that Jackie had bumps in her neck. The next day I took her to her pediatric doctor and told her about the bumps. She said that it was a virus and that it would go away in two weeks. But, after two weeks it was getting worse and her neck was swollen with knots inside of her neck. When I saw that it was getting worse I called her pediatric doctor and made another appointment. We went back and she said that it was a virus again and that it would go away with some medicine. She started taking the medicine and the knots went away in two days. A week passed by and that knots came back again. We went back again for the last time and she sent us to an ear, nose, and throat doctor who did an ultrasound on her neck and told me, it could be lymphoma and we couldn't leave until he made an appointment with an oncologist. The next day we went to the cancer center where she had a blood test and the results were positive for leukemia. She was sent to the hospital for a Ct scan and bone marrow test. After that Jackie had to stay at the hospital for several days because if I took her home I could loose her when she was sleeping. Jackie was receiving chemotherapy for the first months almost everyday and it caused neutropenia and she had to be admitted at the hospital for more than two weeks. She lost a lot of weight and she had to receive blood transfusions and platelets several times. She also received 8 radiation treatments in two weeks. Now after two years and a half of treatment Jackie is done with her chemo and all kind of pills. She still continues with monthly check ups for the next five years but she is ok. Thanks to God. She is cancer free.

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