It all started in 2022, when Xander († 36) showed symptoms of the disease. At night he sweated very strongly and was not good. Laura Coleman-Day (33) thought it was just a regular virus that was spreading in their son’s kindergarten, writes a general practitioner could not determine the cause of his condition and thus carried out blood tests. They revealed them alarming High number of white blood cells.
The husbands ended up on the emergency room that evening. Until then, a healthy and active member of the British royal aviation diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia, an aggressive form of blood cancer. “It was a huge shock,” Laura recalls. The spouses had no chance of processing a overwhelming diagnosis and Xander had to start chemotherapy.
Other tests revealed that he has the so -called. Philadelphic chromosome, a genetic deviation that made his greatest hope of stem cell transplantation. In December 2022, he was told that he had no cancer, but in January he underwent a preventive transplant to reduce the risk of recurrence.
Despite the fact that he had no symptoms, they knew they had no won yet. “It was a good sign, but we knew we had a long way of healing,” she continued to talk. The health of the man worsened again in June 2023 and the worst scenario was fulfilled. “His liver and kidneys failed. It was heartbreaking,” Laura said. No further treatment of his condition was no longer possible.
“Xander was young, healthy and strong. He did not smoke, drank only exceptionally, and now he was supposed to get only palliative care,” she returned in thoughts to difficult moments. Laura, therefore, wandered to get her husband home. Xander died only a few hours after being released from the hospital. He was 36 years old. “He died only two or three hours after his arrival. He was where he wanted to be. He fought bravely,” the young widow said.
Symptoms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults
- Fatigue or weakness – feeling of extreme fatigue or weakness due to low number of red blood cells (anemia).
- Flu -like symptoms – a combination of fever, chills and pain that resemble a common disease.
- High temperature (fever) – often persistent without a clear cause.
- Frequent infections
- Light bruising and bleeding – Increased tendency to form bruising or bleeding, even in minor injuries.
- Inexplicable weight loss
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Bone or joint pain
- Shortness of breath – difficulty breathing, often caused by anemia or other complications
- Fullness – This is the result of an enlarged spleen or liver.
