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Today Morgan May is cancer-free, after 2 1/2 years of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It will be an extra special MotherB次元官网网址檚 Day for mom Kelly!

This year, more than 2,500 British Columbians will be diagnosed with a blood cancer: lymphoma, leukemia and multiple myeloma. They are the fourth most common type of cancer worldwide.

Three years ago, this number included four-year-old Morgan May.

In the spring of 2017, MorganB次元官网网址檚 mom Kelly noticed her daughter started to look unwell.

B次元官网网址淲e had thought she just had a virus,B次元官网网址 says Kelly.

Just a few weeks after her fourth birthday, Morgan and her family received the devastating news: she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a parentB次元官网网址檚 worst nightmare and it happens very quickly,B次元官网网址 says Kelly.

For the next two and a half years, Morgan would endure chemotherapy treatment every single day.

B次元官网网址淎s a Mom, I would have done anything to trade places with her, but she was such a champion and we got through it one step a time.B次元官网网址

MorganB次元官网网址檚 last chemo treatment was in June, 2019 and today, she is cancer free.

B次元官网网址淲e had this overwhelming sense of gratitude and at the same time felt like there is still so much work to be done,B次元官网网址 says Kelly.

There is also an urgent need to improve outcomes for people facing blood cancers in British Columbia through fundraising, which will advance research at BC Cancer focused on uncovering new, curative therapies, and bring families more hope.

B次元官网网址淪upport truly gives families hope B次元官网网址 it gives us hope for the future and that one day there will be an end to all of this, and that other families wonB次元官网网址檛 have suffer and have heartbreak,B次元官网网址 says Kelly. B次元官网网址淚t also brings us all together as a community that gets us through these really hard times.B次元官网网址

On May 11, Kelly, Morgan and the rest of the May family will celebrate a special MotherB次元官网网址檚 Day.

B次元官网网址淭his year will be my first MotherB次元官网网址檚 Day since Morgan was diagnosed where she will be on no medicine and is cancer-free. It will be a day where we can celebrate that weB次元官网网址檙e all here and we are healthy,B次元官网网址 says Kelly. B次元官网网址淓ven as we face a pandemic, weB次元官网网址檙e grateful to be spending family time together, healing at home.B次元官网网址

To help change outcomes for patients with blood cancers like Morgan, please visit .

While Morgan is doing well, those who face cancer in our province are considered high-risk of getting viruses like COVID-19. The BC Cancer Foundation is also raising funds to support at-risk patients with a COVID-19 Response Fund. To learn more, please .



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