PierianDx Blog Enabling Genomics in Practice

There are certain times in your life where a single sentence can change your life’s trajectory. My sentence was, “Theo has leukemia.” For anyone who has experienced it, they know far too well that cancer spares no one.  While the warriors like my nephew bravely battle, it uproots entire families.  Time is divided between hospital and home, and normalcy no longer exists.  Watching my sweet two-year old nephew endure treatment after treatment, many of which were the same his own mother, my sister and a neuroblastoma survivor, had suffered over 30 years prior, was one of the most difficult things our family has had to do.  Second only to having to say goodbye to him.