On April 1st our world was turned upside down. Jayden and I were told he had leukemia from his doctor. That they would drive us to and have a room waiting at county hospital. From there we would be airlifted to the ICU Children's Hospital in Los Angeles where a team was waiting for us. Upon arrival they were hooking him up to machines and working on him. His white blood cell count was at 1.1 million (normal is 10k) he has had MRI, blood transfusions, a pic line put in, leukapheresis, lumbar punctures, and cat-scan to name a few. They thought he had a stroke at one point. With all this came the diagnosis of High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL.) We are at a great hospital and will be here for at least one more month. Jayden is such a strong kid and has done amazing. Our family, friends, Ojai Valley Lions family, Our OVLL baseball family, Sunset School, horse family and all around community have been so great to our family. We so appreciate the Love, prayers, cards, gifts and people reaching out. We cannot tell you how beyond grateful we are. People asking what can they do. This is going to be a long road probably 3 years or .... Please continue to pray for Jayden and our family.
Cards are welcome. Please send to:
Attn: Jay Melendez, 4228-4E
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Attn: Jay Melendez, 4228-4E
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027