Description It seems there are people in this world who are born with all the luck in the world. Then, there are people who are born in adversity, and they seem to continue to live in adversity for the rest of their lives. Ashley Helena Roberts is a daughter of adversity. In 1997, at the young age of 14, Ashley was diagnosed with Severe Aplastic Anemia. She has underwent seven different experimental treat...ment protocols. Five of them were done at St. Jude’s, and the other two were completed at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda Maryland. Ashley continues to fight for survival every single day of her life. In 2009, Ashley developed a severe liver lesion due to the experimental medicine she was taking. This almost cost Ashley her life. She was in the SICU for a month, and spent an additional two months in the hospital. Yet, Ashley continued to fight this disease, and she never allowed it to completely control her life. Ashley completed high school in 2000; she attended Faulkner Community College for 2 years; Ashley has a BA in History; and she is finalizing her coursework for her MA in Rehabilitation Counseling. Ashley does all of her academic studies, while battling for her life. On a normal day, Ashley spends 12 hours having blood chelation therapy from an overload of iron due to the exponential amount of blood transfusions Ashley endures to survive. Ashley needs a complete blood transfusion about every 14 days. She also gets blood and platelets almost every week. Yet, her will to survive and fight this disease has not wavered. Earlier in 2013, Ashly went to the NIH to begin the latest experimental treatment. It seems like the treatment was doing well for Ashley, then the news came. During one of her routine blood lab work, unusual cells were discovered. Ashley and her mom were told to get to Maryland as soon as possible. Ashley went, and the specialists there discovered her blood cells are now producing pre-leukemic cells (acute myeloid leukemia). The only option for Ashley at this time is a full bone marrow transplant. On Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 Ashley received her transplant at MD Anderson in Houston, Texas. We created this page for family, friends, and anyone who will join together in prayer for complete healing.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:59:08 +0000
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