A baby diagnosed with leukemia a few days after the end of cancer treatment for his father: it was "devastating"

A Scottish couple was devastated when his baby, almost a year old, was diagnosed with blood cancer just after his father had completed treatment for a similar illness.

Alfie Webb was only 11 months old when he was rushed to Addenbrooke Hospital after his parents, Safran and Ollie Webb, realized that he was sick and had a fever, his grandfather wrote. -Mother Karen Miller on a donation page. It's been in the hospital that doctors told the family that Alfie was suffering from an aggressive form of leukemia, a cancer that breaks down in the bone marrow and eventually leads to a shortage of blood cells, white blood cells and platelets, according to the American Cancer Society. .

The news was heartbreaking for the parents because Ollie had just finished her treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system.

"Ollie had just completed treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma himself, so it seemed even more incredible that a beautiful, small family of three could be a victim to two," Miller wrote on the family's JustGiving page. .

according to L & # 39; ScottishOllie was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in October and had radiation therapy for three weeks. Alfie's diagnosis was announced nine days later, after his father's last session.

"To have learned that Alfie had leukemia was a huge and devastating shock for us. Alfie Ollie 's father had just finished his cancer treatment and had not figured it out yet, "Saffron told the newspaper." At that time, I did not know if I was there. one or the other would be fine. "

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After the discovery of cancer, Alfie stayed in the hospital for six months until the end of four cycles of chemotherapy treatment. He also had frequent transfusions of platelets and blood, L & # 39; Scottish reported.

"At the hospital, he would cry at the door because he wanted to go out," Saffron said. "When he was undergoing chemotherapy, he could not move because he was plugged in, but all he wanted was crawling."

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But the family hopes to find a match for Alfie's stem cell donation. They may also begin to consider an alternative treatment that costs $ 190,000. So far, they have only raised $ 3,500 from their goal.

"Please, can you help us collect this money to give Alfie a chance," Miller wrote on the donation page. "He is 17 months old now and the light of our lives."