Miguel Rodriguez

Age: 17 | Diagnosis: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Date of Diagnosis: 02/19/2014

Miguel was diagnosed with high risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia on Feb. 19th, 2014. Miguel has spent the past ten months in and out of the hospital. Miguel currently is receiving IV chemotherapy in the outpatient clinic at Hershey Medical Center every week. He is also receiving oral chemotherapy at home. Miguel is expected to remain in treatment for another two years. Miguel has had several unexpected admissions to the hospital for side effects of chemotherapy, including fever and mouth sores.