Published 22:44 IST, September 10th 2019
Facebook posts of baby boy with childhood cancer wrenches hearts
Facebook posts of a baby boy with childhood cancer (Leukemia) on a page by his name 'Beckett Strong' on Childhood cancer awareness month wrenches hearts
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Netizens are moved by a mor of three's photos of her five-year-old daughter supporting her four-year-old ailing bror who fights childhood cancer. little tyke is undergoing chemorapy, and disease has disrupted ir playtime; yet, he smiles. raw photos have reached millions by w and signify ongoing World Childhood Cancer awareness month.
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bror-sister bond
mor, namely, Kaitlin Burge from Princeton, Texas wrote September 3 that her entire family is affected. She went on to mention that everyone has a tendency to talk about financial and medical struggles related to cancer. But people hardly kw what family goes through. Through photos of her daughter and son, Kaitlin tries to emphasize on fact that kids who were busy playing are w spending most of ir times in cold hospital rooms. She has posted above mess in caption of im of her kid's struggle on p “Beckett Strong” named after her son, 'Beckett'.
"My n 4-year-old watched her bror go from an ambulance to ICU. She watched a dozen doctors throw a mask over his face, poke and prod him with needles, pumps a dozen medications through his body, all while he laid re helplessly. She wasn’t sure what was happening to her bror, her best friend. A little over a month after he was released from hospital, she watched him struggle to walk and struggle to play. lively, energetic, and outgoing little bror she once knew was w a quiet, sick and very sleepy little boy. He never wanted to play. She didn’t understand how he was able to walk before this, but w he can’t even stand unassisted. She didn’t understand different rapies he h to attend to gain his strength back. To her, it was something special he got to do that she didn’t. Why couldn’t y go to ir favorite trampoline park anymore? Why couldn’t y go to splash ps y previously went to? Why didn’t he have to go back to school, but she did?,” Burge wrote.
Burge explained that children need support and togerness and shouldn't be kept away from sick people. She asserts on fact that her daughter's presence is needed. "Vomiting between play sessions. Waking up to throw up. Standing by her bror’s side and rubbing his back while he gets sick. Going from 30 lbs. to 20 lbs. This is childhood cancer. Take it or leave it,” that's how she stands for her bror, Kaitlin writes.
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Cancer diagsis and treatment
Beckett was diagsed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in April 2018; a diagsis that makes up about 30 percent of all children diagsed with pediatric cancer. Leukemia is a condition in which patients white blood cells or lymphocytes are destroyed. As white blood cells play a very important role in growth and immunity, disease is life-threatening. Burge in her previous post shared how she learned about her child's disease. She shared that his daycare h called her back n to ask her if she could come get him because he h been running a fever. When taken to pediatrician he was given medicines for ear infection. As infection did t go away, his temperature rose to 104. Later, he was transferred to Children’s Health in Pla. She wrote that on September 15, 2018, her child was diagsed with pneumonia, 5.5 hemoglobin and a white blood cell count of 150,000, which confirmed 'leukemia'.
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Kaitlin's post reaches hundreds
Kaitlin Burge’s Facebook post has been shared over 30,000 times. This has prompted her to share more photos of him. One can find many photos of Beckett on p, which include Beckett getting rey for his first day of school and one sharing a bear hug with his sister Aubrey. His incredible journey is w inspiring many. After watching his photos, many parents have come forward to share photos of ir own children who are undergoing cancer treatment.
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15:11 IST, September 10th 2019