When Luna started to feel sick and stopped acting like herself, her parents became concerned.
Doctors in her hometown in Guatemala confirmed what her parents had feared, Luna had leukemia.
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St. Jude patient Luna and her dad
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Luna was referred to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where doctors placed her on a treatment plan that included chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.
Eleven months later, Luna and her family were given the okay to return home to Guatemala, but a month after their arrival, red spots appeared on Luna’s legs.
Her cancer was back.
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Families, like Luna's, will never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
Luna and her family turned to St. Jude again, where she underwent another bone marrow transplant, chemotherapy and CAR T-cell therapy.
St. Jude not only offers new treatment without a cost to us, but along with that treatment comes empathy and a lot of warmth.
- Mario, Luna's dad
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St. Jude patient Luna and her dad
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