Requesting Prayers

I'm part of a handful of online groups that are closely knit. We've developed great friendships over the years - and my online friends are some of my dearest friends even if many of us haven't met in person.

In the last couple weeks, an online friend posted about her 3 year old boy refusing to eat, bruising, etc. When she took him to the doctor, she was told he had Leukemia. They went to a specialist and Leukemia was ruled out - and they thought it was some sort of virus that was doing awful things. They ran test after test and were checking his levels, etc. He was still very ill, but they didn't believe it was cancer.

Today we got another update. It's not good news.

Here's what she had to write:

Here is all I know about Liam. His specialist called today with very bad news. He has monosomy 7, which is a mutation on his 7th chromosome in his bone marrow. It often turns into leukemia. It is an extremely rare condition and we don't have a lot of information right now. It is usually fatal, and my research gives about 2 years to live after diagnosis, though that wasn't stated by the doctor. We go in to meet with him Wednesday. He thinks he will need chemotherapy (this is a type of cancer) and a bone marrow transplant (pray Keegan is a compatible donor) When I asked if this was "survivable" he said "Not very" I wish I had more to tell you, and I pray that he is wrong, but this is from a genetic test that is pretty hard to mis-interpret. He is only 3 years old. If you pray, he could use some extra... If you want to cross your fingers extra hard, that is always appreciated too...

I ask any of you that read this and pray, please, please, PLEASE do so.