Johny’s Story

Site created on July 21, 2019

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. 


Johny was diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukemia (AML) on June 10th 2019.  It is a fast acting cancer which requires aggressive chemotherapy and close monitoring. This has forced us to drop everything and focus on getting Johny the care he needs to get better and beat cancer.  He will  be staying at Children's Hospital for the majority of his care due to his weak immune system and chemo treatments. Johny has been responding so well to treatment and the team he has is incredible. 


We will continue to update Johny's journey as he continues to beat cancer. 

Newest Update

Journal entry by Maira Ibarra

Johny's third round of chemotherapy is done and we wait again. I feel like this round definitely drained some of his energy but he's coming around to his old crazy self. The days seem a bit longer this time too and we are making the best of them. The doctors said Johny is still doing amazing and no cancer cells were found in his bone marrow or his spine as of the last round! So Johny is technically in remission! He still has to complete the treatment to make sure the cancer is gone and it stays gone!! He is one of the strongest and bravest kids I know. Throughout all of this he has remained sweet to every person he crosses, even on his "bad" days he still spiderman poses in the hallways for the nurses. It's safe to say he loves the attention he gets. As a mom/parent you always hope for healthy children but when illness does happen to your child you hope for the best possible outcome and that your child gets better. In our case, we are so lucky and blessed to say he will be okay and he is going to be 100% better. Now, we just have to push through the rest of treatment, continue taking things day by day, and hope the cancer never comes back! 
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