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“I know now that we all have the potential to change somebody’s life by just a smile, or a pat on the back, a bit of laughter or simply by our presence” -- Kelsey Bohman
“My journey and these children haven’t broken my heart but enabled it to open, unclenching it to be able to truly love without boundaries. That is my fortune.” -- Pat Bohman
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| Kelsey: |
When I was eleven I spent almost the entire school year at The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Co. being treated for leukemia. It was a lot of hard work. I had some really intense chemo followed by a bone marrow transplant. |
| Pat: |
I knew I was beginning the toughest battle of my life the moment I saw the large bruise on Kelsey’s thigh. My world crashed during that one glance. It came together; the nose bleed yesterday, the decreased appetite; the pallor in her cheeks. I knew there were demons in our life now and they weren’t going to play fair. Why God, did they choose to attack something that I loved so deeply? Please God let them take anything, really anything I had… just not one of my children. |
Kelsey: |
At first the doctors at The Children’s Hospital said I had pre-leukemia. It would eventually turn into leukemia but we had a window to work with. We had time to plan what treatment would be best for me and that treatment would include chemo and a bone marrow transplant. The first thing we needed to do was to begin the search for the right donor. |
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