Raymound was in school just before getting diagnosed. But he only went to school for the first 2 weeks of the school year before starting to present with symptoms. It was originally believed to be growing pains.

He did not have the chance to play any sports but he loves watching Cristiano Ronaldo play, that’s his favorite soccer player. He loves to play video games and also loves to go to school and enjoys math.

His symptoms included bone pain, which doctors believed were growing pains. He was also vomiting, had fevers, swollen feet and hands, and he was not able to eat. He ultimately lost movement and was not able to walk at all.

After 4 hospital visits and a two-week hospital stay, a doctor did a bone marrow biopsy and that’s where they found it.  They gave us the news that Raymound had cancer. Until that day, the cancer would not show on blood work or on lumbar punctures.