{"id":2787868,"date":"2023-11-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burnbootcamp.com\/?p=2787868"},"modified":"2023-11-10T09:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:12:05","slug":"be-their-hero-impactful-stories-hope-and-healing-the-palmer-familys-fight-against-aml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burnbootcamp.com\/be-their-hero-impactful-stories-hope-and-healing-the-palmer-familys-fight-against-aml\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Be Their Hero\u2019 Impactful Stories \u2013 Hope and Healing: The Palmer Family\u2019s Fight Against AML"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Heartfelt Conversation with Visionary and Co-Founder, Devan Kline, and Pineville Burn Boot Camp Member, Lauren Palmer, whose family battled blood cancer. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout November, we will be sharing personal stories of families affected by blood cancer in support of our ‘Be Their Hero’ fundraising campaign<\/a>. Our main objective is to raise both awareness and crucial funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society\u00ae (LLS) to continue to aid in fighting blood cancer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To launch this series, Burn Boot Camp Visionary and Co-Founder, Devan Kline, sat down with Lauren Palmer, a dedicated Member of Burn Boot Camp at the Pineville, NC location. Lauren bravely shared her story, a battle no mother should ever have to go through \u2014 the diagnosis of her son, Jennings, with blood cancer back in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren vividly recalls that at 36 weeks pregnant with her twins, her family received the life-altering news of a pediatric cancer diagnosis for their then 2.5-year-old son, Jennings. Lauren took him to the pediatrician because he had been recurrently ill with fevers mostly, but also seemed uncomfortable, in pain, and overall, not himself. After almost leaving without a diagnosis, bloodwork was done and that is when they received the news. Jennings was diagnosed with the rarest form of childhood leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). The doctors gave them a stark 50\/50 chance of survival and he was classified as high risk due to his type of leukemia.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennings embarked on a rigorous course of chemotherapy that included 4 rounds of incredibly toxic chemotherapy with horrible side effects and then a grueling bone marrow transplant. His four-year-old sister at the time, Caroline, was the bone marrow donor. Lauren and her husband, Joel, were adjusting to the curveball life had thrown them with their very sick toddler while also caring for their newborn twins and oldest daughter. They uprooted their entire family to Memphis for Jennings to receive his treatment at St. Jude. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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