Overview
- The environmental journalist says she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia shortly after her daughter’s birth in May 2024, after doctors flagged a low white‑blood‑cell count.
- She writes that tests found a rare Inversion 3 mutation, and that standard therapies could not cure her disease.
- After an initial stem‑cell transplant brought remission, the cancer relapsed despite chemotherapy, CAR‑T cell therapy, a second transplant, and further clinical trials.
- During her most recent trial, a physician told her he might be able to keep her alive for about a year, reflecting a limited prognosis.
- She describes focusing on time with her two young children as her husband George Moran, her parents and siblings support her, and her brother Jack shared the essay on Instagram.