DECATUR, Ga. – A Decatur toddler that has actually been battling leukemia for nearly a year is “feeling great,” yet she’s still in requirement of prayers.
Last June, Carly Ezelle was a couple of months shy of her 2nd birthday as quickly as her parents noticed she was strolling along with a slight limp, so they without delay took her to the doctor’s office. Complying with some tests, Carly’s pediatrician noticed her platelet levels were pretty low. She was rushed to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and within a couple of hrs her parents discovered their daughter had leukemia.
“Our globe came crashing down,” mother Kacey Ezelle said. “I never ever imagined I would certainly ever hear that my infant has actually cancer.”
Carly was diagnosed along with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), which is the a lot of common sort of youth cancer. She began therapy immediately.
Following her very first round of chemotherapy, Carly still had leukemia cells in her bone marrow so she was moved in to the higher risk group, which means she’s at a higher risk for relapse.
“In the higher risk group, chemotherapy is strong, and a lot more frequent,” Ezelle told FOX 5 a couple of months ago.
Carly, that turns 3 in September, is now 11 months in to therapy and her mother said she’s executing great. The Ezelles are excited for summertime and strategy regard taking their very first family vacation due to the fact that their daughter’s diagnosis.
Ezelle told FOX 5 Carly will certainly keep on having clinic visits when a month, which will certainly contain chemotherapy treatment. This month she started bodily treatment at CHOA to insight along with leg weakness and neuropathy from chemo.
Carly’s chemotherapy will certainly keep on via October of 2017. Throughout her therapy and battle versus leukemia, her family asks that you preserve Carly in your thoughts and pray that she remains cancer free.
The Ezelles chance to keep on raising cash and awareness for youth cancer. Carly loves investing time at Camp Sunshine, which maintains Kids battling cancer and their families. If you would certainly adore to donate towards this pleasant trigger based in Georgia, click here.
