Amazing Hospital – The Amazing Noah

I know y’all hear me raving about how great advent health is and how amazing the hematology/oncology team is along with all of the amazing hardworking nurses.

Today Noah had a special visitor. He literally was so nervous lol

He is such a huge Star Wars fan and Darth Vader is his favorite. When Vader walked in he asked Noah to join in the destruction of the rebel alliance and Noah answered….ahhh nah I’m sick!!

I was cracking up. He is so funny!

But advent health is always making these kids smile in all ways. Sure does help when they are inpatient and cannot leave their room.

Symptoms

ALL symptoms start when leukemia cells crowd out normal blood cells in bone marrow. The types of symptoms your child has will depend on the numbers of cancer cells and healthy blood cells.

Children with B-cell ALL may:

Bleed or bruise more easily than usual

Feel very tired

Get infections more often

Lose their appetite

Other symptoms include:

Bone or joint pain

Limping

Fever

Pale skin

Red or purple spots called petechiae on the skin

Swollen lymph nodes in the neck, underarms, or groin

If the cancer cells travel to your child’s liver and spleen, these organs can grow large enough to make the belly swell. In some boys, the testicles can also grow larger.