As you know, this screening of the RHPS is a benefit for 5-year old Amelia Betit, who is in treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. What many people don't know, however, is the duration and intensity of treatment for children wih cancer. Below you will find a summary of Amelia's treatment thus far, and her protocol for the future:
Leukemia By the Numbers
To Date:
492
Hours Spent Hospitalized
223
Doses of Chemotherapy Drugs since June of 2009
10
Surgeries/Procedures
62
Missed Days of Kindergarten
Her Future:
576
More Days of Treatment To Go
8
Surgeries/Procedures
596
Doses of Chemotherapy Drugs
210
Doses of Steroids
Intense, no?
Amelia also answered a few questions about herself to help us to see cancer from her point of view:
Age: 5
Diagnosis: ALL
What do you know about ALL?
The cancer makes more and more cells in your bones and you can get infections. You have to have lots of needles and take lots and lots of medicine to help keep the cancer away. I have to take medicine until I'm 7 1/2.
What is it like?
I have to go to clinic a lot, but not as much in maintenance (treatment). In maintenance, there aren't as many needles or infections.
Favorite Colors?
Indigo and Pink
Favorite Music?
Dan Zanes, the Ramones, the Nutcracker, Feist
Favorite School Activities?
Gym, Music, Art, Library and Reading
Favorite Animal?
Cheetahs, Arctic Wolves, Arctic Foxes, and Siberian Tigers
What do you want to be when you grow up?
A Doctor, Cheerleader, and Ballerina in the Portland Nutcracker
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