Garrett was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) the day before he was to start kindergarden. He immediately underwent two rounds of chemo that got him into remission. His family was prepared for the fact that even if he was in remission he would still need a bone marrow transplant because AML is such an aggressive form of cancer, it would come back without the transplant.
During his treatment his family hosted several bone marrow drives in honor of their little fighter. The best option for Garrett was to find a match through a sibling and luckily for Garrett, he had a nine month old baby sister. At 25%, the odds were against Ella being Garrett’s perfect match but after several weeks of waiting the results were in and it was determined Ella would be her big brothers hero.
Garrett was admitted to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford on November 19th and had his bone marrow transplant on November 27th, 2012. He remained at the hospital for several months and then was released to the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford. On March 4th, 2013 Garrett was able to go home to finish the recovery process.
Garrett is currently doing really well with treatment. We will continue to pray for this little SWEETIE.
Meet Garrett:
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRITTANY WILBUR
