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[brian]

Just want to let everyone know to keep theirs thoughts and prayers towards Marc's (7MX63) newborn, Violette. She was diagnosed with congenital leukemia at just 4 days of life. This is a vary rare and very serious situation.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=101578876554241

Lets hope she will soon be healthy and riding in her dad's badass X6!

[llerrav619]

I thought that she was not due until the 11th of May? This is a very sad situation and I will be praying for her and the family.

[brian]

Yeah she was born almost a month early.

[BudgetVIP]

She's such a cutie, I hope everything works out for the better.

[7MX63]

Yep.

Shit sucks.



She was actually born at 37 weeks, which is considered full term. It's common for babies to be early after you've already had one.

She had an enlarged liver and spleen, as well as fluid around her heart which was impacting its efficiency.

Also, her white blood cell count was through the fucking roof. Normally (for whatever the sample size is) the count is around 5-7,000. Violette's was around 230,000.


They did a blood exchange, in which they replaced 98% of her blood with new blood.

Essentially her blood was 90w gear oil, and they drained the shit to replace it with 5w-30 royal purple synthetic. Doing this also helped lower her white blood cell count down to 30,000.

Chemotherapy is starting tonight, and in 5-10 days we will know how well it worked.

I hope y'alls never have to go through this.



I spent three days in the hospital, from friday afternoon until tonight. I'm finally home and I'm proud to say that my tension rods are done. I head back to work tomorrow so I can relax, and I'm hoping to spend some time in the garage also.

[Jason]

keep on keepin on, buddy. if you sit around and dwell on it, its going to drive you thru the wall, litterally. till then keep keeping yourself occupied.

[7MX63]

Yeah, everyone has their own way of coping.

Mine is garage work.

[DirtyMonkey]

Best of luck man, if you want you can drive up to Grass valley and finish up my wiring. good luck man.

[rayray]

that's a tough sight to see, and it's not even my baby. best wishes to the entire family. i have friends who have had their newborns in emergency room... i know it's rough. hope to hear GOOD news after the treatment!

[Keith]

Wow....sorry to hear. Best wishes to you, I'll keep her in my thoughts.

[cianide]

Damn.... I really hope she will be ok. Good luck

[bradlee]

Wow, sorry to hear, man. Hope treatment goes well.

[Guy Smiley]

You guys are in my prayers.

I cannot even begin to comprehend what you're dealing with. You are a strong man.


Best wishes man.

[mervins]

sorry bro for what you are going tru. i know it tuff to see your baby all hooked up to machines. just be strong and keep occupied.

be strong.

[Bill]

Hope things work out for the best.

[lucas]

My thoughts are with you. I cannot even begin to fathom what you are going through.

When she gets home we want pictures of her in the X6 ok?

[JimmyHoffa]

Talk about a rough start to life. Don't give up. My brother in law had leukemia when he was a toddler and he's 100% healthy now. Same with one of my cousins. She had cancer when she was 7 or 8. With all the advances they've made in medical technology they can work some pretty incredible miracles.

[TOYJOETA]

hang in there man, you will be in my prayers.

[7MX63]

Peep the hardware.



Girlfriends friends are thinking about making bumper stickers/wristbands/etc for donations and shit.

They had some lame catch phrases I didn't like; they asked me if I had any ideas, and I said "I helped cure VD!" since her initials are VD. Girlfriend did not like that; haha.