"I did not - could not - believe that they were talking about me,"
"I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant. I wasn't sick. I didn't feel sick. I was actually one of the healthiest people I knew."
"During the latest clinical trial, my doctor told me that he could keep me alive for a year, maybe,"
"have held my hand unflinchingly while I have suffered, trying not to show their pain and sadness in order to protect me from it."
Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, was diagnosed last year with acute myeloid leukemia carrying the rare Inversion 3 mutation found in under 2% of AML cases. The cancer was discovered shortly after she gave birth in May 2024. Treatment included multiple rounds of chemotherapy, two bone-marrow transplants, and participation in two clinical trials, followed by rehabilitation after an Epstein-Barr virus that severely affected her kidneys and mobility. During a recent clinical trial, a doctor estimated he could keep her alive for about a year. Her husband, two young children, siblings, and extended family are providing care and support.
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