Born a survivor

While baby Jude endured months of treatment, his family found a home away from home

Story: Alana Wulff

From the very beginning, little Jude has been a fighter.As the youngest son of Nathan and Samantha Plant, Jude has continued to conquer what life throws at him since first being diagnosed with transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM) – a bone marrow disorder associated with infants who have Trisomy 21 (T21)/Down syndrome, and then later acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Although Jude was born in Bendigo, he was transferred to Monash Children’s Hospital soon after and placed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for intervention as he was struggling to breathe. “Jude started receiving treatment for transient abnormal myelopoiesis – which was essentially described to us as leukaemia that would resolve on its own,” says Sam. Unfortunately, Jude’s illness did not resolve on its own, and he required extra medical intervention as his condition…

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that's life! (Digital) - 1 Issue, 6 December 2018

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