A Minnesota family who saw their identical twin daughters overcome acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as infants were devastated to learn in February that an incurable form of the disease had returned in one sister, leaving them scrambling to find a miracle cure. Kendal and Kenedi Breyfogle were just three months old when they began receiving chemotherapy treatment in 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving infant twins is ridiculously crazy,\u201d Abby Breyfogle, the girls\u2019 mother, told KARE 11.<\/a> \u201cHaving them in the hospital is even crazier.\u201d<\/p>\n
The girls, who also have a 4-year-old sister, received chemotherapy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and while Kenedi has been in remission for 21 months, Kendal\u2019s relapsed after 17 months. A post on the family\u2019s Twice the Fight Facebook page<\/a> said a bone marrow transplant planned for May had failed. She began an eight-day chemotherapy session in early June, but the family has been told that it will not offer a cure.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBeing told that your child is going to die in front of your eyes and there\u2019s nothing you can do about it, is a special kind of hell,\u201d Abby posted June 23 on the Twice the Fight page.<\/a> \u201cSuffocating is how Aaron described it, and I\u2019d have to agree. I often question if I will survive this season. This awful nightmare. I wake up multiple times a night in a cold sweat with a pit in my stomach, believe it was all just a dream, only to quickly realize this is our reality.\u201d<\/p>\n
A GoFundMe page<\/a> has been set up on the family\u2019s behalf to keep supporters informed as well has help provide funds for a trip to Disney.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhile I sit here and watch Kendal run around and keep up with her sisters, I cannot believe (sic) sweet girl is filling up with cancer. You wouldn\u2019t even know it when you look at her,\u201d Abby continued in the June 23 post.<\/a> \u201cAlthough we know chances of finding a miracle are slim, we haven\u2019t given up. Aaron and I spend our days, and some nights (because let\u2019s be honest, I can\u2019t sleep much) scouring the internet, wracking our brains, talking with other cancer parents, shooting emails to our team and other contacts we know, searching for something. For that needle in a haystack.\u201d<\/p>\n
She vowed that the family will continue searching for potential treatments while making memories Kendal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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