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My name is Kaitlyn Class. I'm a 23 year old single mom to a beautiful little girl named, Chloe. Our world came crashing down earlier this year. On Friday February 6th, 2015 I called off work to take my daughter to the children's hospital emergency room liberty campus for leg pain she had been complaining about for the past few days. When she was about a year old she had to attend physical therapy once a week and wear leg braces from a health condition called Hypertonia, which means she had low muscle tone in her legs which enabled her to use her legs/walk. Going to the emergency room I assumed the Hypertonia is what was causing the pain. The doctors took several x-rays and ran blood tests and gave me the results that my beautiful, spunky, four year old daughter has been diagnosed with Leukemic cancer. We were transported to downtown Cincinnati children's hospital that afternoon. I was rushed into a whirlwind of emotions finding out my daughter has cancer and the pain and the rough journey we had ahead of us. When I sat down and talked to her supervising doctor here at Cincinnati children's and he showed me pictures of the mutated cells and gave me a time line and the chemotherapy plan they wanted to start her on in the next few days. Soon after Chloe was diagnosed I had to leave my job to stay in the hospital with her, my car broke down and became unusable, and I had to break my lease and forfeit my apartment. I had lost almost everything I had built up in the past few years. Luckily, My grandparents were able and gracious enough to take Chloe and myself in after we were released from the hospital. Since we found out that she was diagnosed with Leukemia this past February, She has done such an amazing job staying strong and fighting each and every day. To 16 spinal taps, 12 bone marrow biopsies, 5 N.G. tube placing's, surgery to implant her port for Chemotherapy, numerous x-rays, ultrasounds, E.K.G testing, Echocardiograms, 7 blood infusions, 5 platelet infusions, the medication, the loss of her hair, and the energy, sleep, and fun that this disease has taken away from her... My family and close friends were so happy and so, so, so, grateful to tell everyone that on July 17th, 2015 that Chloe had gone into remission from the Leukemia. I, as her mother, had no words at that moment, I've cried so many happy tears that day that I welcome over all the sad tears I've cried for the last several months. I deeply regret to inform all our close family and friends and all of those who have followed Chloe's story, donated to her last fundraiser, and sent prayers and thoughts to our family through this very difficult time that the Leukemia has come back and it is mildly aggressive. Chloe was placed on nightly 12 hour tube feedings a few weeks about because she had lost almost 10 pounds due to the chemotherapy. The feeds are going well we just don't know how long she will be needing them. A few weeks ago, Chloe started to complain more often of leg pain in the original spot that we first found the Leukemia. So we took her to the hospital to run blood labs to see if anything came back abnormal and her levels were all over the charts. So we had a conference with her Oncology team and they thought the labs were a bad sign that the Leukemia was coming back. We decided along with a Spinal Tap we would do a Bone Marrow Biopsy to see if we could locate the Leukemia cells and where they were mostly dominant. About 3-4 days later on August 13th, 2015 I got the call. It was absolutely devastating. My grandparents, myself and a few other close family members are all who know about this at the present. We collectively wanted to wait until her team came up with a game plan on how we were going to move forward in Chloe's Chemotherapy before we told any one else. Her Oncology team and I decided we didn't want to disrupt the Chemotherapy schedule that Chloe is currently on so we added three other very high dose chemotherapy meds to her roster. Her insurance did not want to cover these new meds because of Chloe's original prognosis and the strength of these medications. So I have been fighting with the insurance to pay at least a portion of the cost and so far they have approved one and I had to pay hundreds of dollars out of pocket for a second medication. I have a little over $200 in savings after paying for that single medication and we are hoping and praying the insurance will cover the last remaining medication. As you can imagine that all of this is very hard for any parent especially myself, being a single parent. The doctors visits, gas money, food, medical supplies, medications, living expenses, and things to keep Chloe entertained and happy it takes a lot especially right now not having my own source of transportation or able to work because I have to be with Chloe at least 12-14 hours a day as her care provider. I don't like having to put my problems out in public and ask for help but for Chloe, I will do whatever I can to help her and in anyway shape or form. I am trying everything I can to try and stay on my feet but everytime I turn around it feels like it only gets harder. Please share this with friends and family and help us raise money to help myself and my family provide all of the things Chloe needs and wants and help us get through this rough road that has been dealt to us. I personally from the bottom of my heart apperciate all that you've all done for my daughter, myself, and my family and apperciate everyone who is able to donate and help our family and Chloe through this tramatic journey we are trying to push through. Please send your prayers and thoughts our way and most of all, help me keep Chloe strong.
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