Jay was diagnosed with leukemia in October of 2005.  From that day on, his family's life was turned upside down.  In the past seven months, he's been hospitalized three times and had three blood transfusions.  He takes a lot of medication, gets spinal blocks and lumbar punctures, takes chemo through a port in his chest, and often needs IV antibiotics and fluids.  

Though Jay is now in remission, he'll be in treatment for three years. 

Jay's family has had one tragedy after another.  In the past five months, Jay's grandpa passed away after a long, painful fight with Leukemia, his mother was diagnosed with hemangionoma (liver tumors) and his dad's company went on strike, leaving him out of work for nearly two months.

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