ALEXANDER JOHN DROW

Alexander was diagnosised with ALL Pre-B-Cell on September 6, 2000. He also had double Bronchopneumonia at time of diagnosis. We spent two weeks in Mott's Childrens Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Alex went into remission on the 12th day. We finished our first year of hard treatment and then went into our first year of maintence. We had our Make-A-Wish trip to Walt Disney World Florida in May of 2002. In October 2002 we were going to be starting our second and last year of maintence, however Alexander relasped with CNS. We started the intense treatment for CNS and he was back into remission on the 3rd spinal. April 10, 2003 Alexander underwent a Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplant of which was a perfect match even same blood type. On April 25th he started to show signs of IPS and ended up in the PICU on the ventilator and then dialysis. Alexander struggled for 3 months and on June 20, 2003 Jesus came to bring him home. Alexander will be deeply missed by John and Charlene, parents and also his two brothers, Spencer and Evan. We all look forward to the day we are together again.

Journal

Monday, February 2, 2009 2:13 PM CST

Well I'm not sure how many vistors we still get, but I have not been true to updating much these past few years. I finally finished college at Northwestern Michigan College in December 2008 with my ADN (associate degree nursing) in Nursing. I have a job at Munson on a medical unit. I am currently going through orientation. I also am studying for my state nursing boards. Spencer is now just about 11, on February 24th, and he played his first year of pop warner football last fall. He totally loved it and is going to play again this fall. Evan turned 9 at the end of October 2008 and is just being Evan. Not interested in any sports yet, still loves to play with his matchbox cars and his lego houses. Nothing new with John, still works at the same job and loving it. We have gotten tons of snow this winter and the temps have been friged! Alexander's birthday is coming up just before Spencer's on February 16th, he would have been 13 this year! Hard to believe I would have a teenager, that makes me feel old! Well I am going to cut out for now. Hopefully I'll make another entry before next year!!

Take Care & God Bless!

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