Ledger’s Story

Site created on October 6, 2020


On Thursday Sept. 17th we brought Ledger in for his regular 2yr-old checkup. We had some questions about the fact that he seemed to be bruising more often and more easily than he usually does. The doctor thought it just seemed like a normal 2yr old boy-thing.  After a routine hemoglobin check we were notified that his hemoglobin was extremely low and we should come back in for more blood work. We headed back up to the clinic immediately for more tests. At about 5:30 that evening we got a phone call no parent wants to receive. Our doctor called us saying they had sent his blood tests down to Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. They diagnosed him with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Newest Update

Journal entry by Sandy Becker

As of January 10th, 2023, after 846 days of fighting leukemia, Ledger is officially done with treatment!

December was a tough month for him. Starting the 20th for 4 weeks straight he ran a fever and was very sick. After many ER visits with no results, we decided to take him to Children’s where they finally figured about what was going on with him. He had a IVIG infusion and had to take a medication for 3 weeks to help fight a virus. He is finally back to feeling himself and back to school. He had his End of Therapy appointment on February 3rd and got to celebrate with his amazing doctor and team of nurses. We are so grateful for everything they have done for Ledger over the past 2+ years and so grateful for all of you that have prayed for him during this journey. We are so blessed to have so many amazing people in our lives.

We are SO proud of how strong he has been and SO excited for him to be done with chemo, port access and doctors’ appointments!!  We cannot wait to see what the future holds for our little hero, only wonderful things to come!!

 

#LedgerStong

 

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