Overview
- Doctors discovered acute myeloid leukemia hours after her May 25, 2024 delivery when a blood test showed 131,000 white cells per microliter.
- She has a rare Inversion 3 mutation, reported in under 2% of AML cases and more commonly seen in older patients.
- Her care has included multiple chemotherapy rounds, CAR‑T clinical trials, and two stem‑cell transplants—first from her sister and later from an unrelated donor—with relapses and severe complications such as an Epstein‑Barr infection that damaged her kidneys.
- During the latest trial, her oncologist told her he could keep her alive for about a year, according to the essay.
- She credits her parents and siblings with caring for her two young children and criticizes HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for cuts she says could impede mRNA work and NIH‑funded cancer research.