Overview
- Schlossberg, 35, writes that doctors diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia shortly after her daughter’s birth in May 2024 following low white blood-cell counts.
- Her cancer involves the uncommon Inversion 3 mutation, and she says standard therapy cannot cure her disease.
- An initial stem-cell transplant led to remission before relapse, followed by chemotherapy, CAR-T treatment, a second transplant, and multiple clinical trials.
- She recounts being told during her most recent trial that her doctor might be able to keep her alive for about one year.
- The essay reflects on caring for two young children with the support of her husband George Moran, parents Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, and siblings Rose and Jack, as she frames the illness as a new tragedy for the family.