Overview
- The long first-person piece, published in late November 2025, recounts a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia just hours after she gave birth on May 25, 2024, when doctors found a white blood count above 130,000 per microliter.
- She describes a rare Inversion 3 mutation, immediate chemotherapy, two bone marrow transplants, and participation in two clinical trials as the cancer repeatedly returned.
- Doctors later told her that, if the best-case scenario held, she might have about a year to live, a prognosis she presents alongside reflections on parenting two very young children.
- Schlossberg criticizes Robert F. Kennedy Jr., described as Trump’s health chief, for research funding cuts and announced plans to eliminate many vaccines, saying those decisions endanger millions and complicated her Columbia care team’s outlook on federal support.
- She writes that infection risks forced separation from her newborn, notes a September Epstein–Barr virus complication that damaged her kidneys and required relearning to walk, and publishes the essay days after her brother Jack announced a run for New York’s 12th District.