Jensen Strong - Crushing Leukemia

03/16/2026

Life has been a little busy so I apologize for no updates. Jensen has enjoyed some days at home working on his cars and all. Since finishing his last dose of methotroxate, he has started physical therapy (we love it so far!) and was referred to be fitted for braces on his legs. His physical therapist asked that we postpone his fitting because our insurance would likely not cover his braces and she may be able to use a different type of brace that she can include as part of his PT. We had an appointment at children’s this past week to see if he needed any transfusions and thankfully he did not! 🙌🏻 We return in the morning to try and begin his next phase. As long as he meets counts, he will be admitted and be put under for a spinal tap. He will receive chemo in his spinal fluid and spend the week on the new Blina therapy. If he doesn’t meet counts, we will try again on Friday. After he is admitted, They will monitor him for any reactions to the Blina. They say that fever is likely to occur and they will complete a full septic work up as usual just in case. As long as he does well this week, we will attempt to bring him home with the “Blina Backpack.” This is the alternative to staying hospitalized for 28 days straight. He will go home with a pump in a little backpack that will administer his blina 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. His port will stay accessed the entire time and If he accidentally disconnects his line, we will have to spend somewhere around 12 hours at children’s and he could possibly have days added on to his therapy. We are going to try our best and pray that never happens. We will return to children’s every Tuesday and Friday to change his needle an swap out his blina bag. We will also have physical therapy every Wednesday in between. Since we will have a little more of a consistent schedule an the doctors say Jensen will be more himself during Blina, we are also going to attempt to return to speech therapy. Jensen & Mom’s days are about to stay jam packed and busy! 😮‍💨 we are so thankful for and love our prayer warriors. Please continue your praying. 🙏🏻

🧡 pray for safe travels tomorrow
🧡 pray Jensen meets counts and can proceed with his treatments.
🧡 pray for clear spinal fluid/ no cancer cells
🧡 pray for no reactions to the Blina therapy
🧡 pray we all adjust to our new busy schedule. Vast difference from either being home all day or at children’s all day!
🧡 pray these next 28 days go smoothly with no accidental disconnects.
🧡 pray for positive progress in both physical and mental health speech therapy.

03/03/2026

We are so honored to join the The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation in their efforts to bring awareness to their foundation and it’s fight against childhood cancer. If you are in New York City in the next few months, be on the lookout for our little warrior.

Please like and follow their page. Invite your friends to like their page as well. They are making huge strides in providing financial and emotional support to families of children with cancer nationwide and they also supply funds for critical, cutting-edge childhood cancer research. All of this in memory of their precious son who lost his life to Leukemia. 🧡🎗️

03/01/2026

We were surprisingly discharged today! My boy cleared the methotrexate from his system in record time! This mama had to change a lot of diapers to help but it was worth it! We’re finally home and settling in. We’re not completely done with this phase yet. He still has to take his 6MP chemo pills at home this week. We will return to the doctor on March ninth. Our next phase will be blina 1 therapy. We’re hoping to take advantage of the new Blina backpack that will allow us to go to clinic twice a week to change out the pump and bag instead of staying in patient 29 days straight. 😮‍💨 He will have to have a spinal tap and be admitted for the first five days of his therapy to make sure he’s handling it. I’m sure we will learn more when we go back on March Ninth. Keep praying as we keep pushing through. 🙏🏻🧡🎗️

02/27/2026

When we got here Wednesday there was a large family wearing adorable matching shirts in the lobby. When I got onto the elevator there was a lady and a young boy wearing the same ones. He excitedly blurted out “I’m ringing the bell today!” I smiled so big at him and told him “congratulations! I’m so happy for you! Hopefully we will get to ring the bell too one day” he asked me if I had cancer. I told him no and that it’s my little boy. He was obviously a conversationalist because we’re trying to walk off the elevator and he’s still asking me questions “when did he find out?” And “how old is he?”
We make it to our room to see another young man on a stretcher to only later find out he’s heading home because chemo is no longer working for him. As you can imagine it’s an emotional roller coaster going from super happy for one kid then heart shattered for the next. All while pondering which story would be my child’s? This is just so unfair! Unfair to the little boy in the elevator who’s had to endure so much that he’s that excited about ringing a bell and proclaiming his victory over cancer. Unfair to the boy who had to go home and describe to his mother what kind of casket he wants to be buried in. It’s unfair to us parents to watch our kids suffer, bury our own children, or even to watch our kids excitedly ringing a bell, knowing in the back of your mind relapse is always a possibility but putting on a smile anyway.
It is just a cruel and unjust world we live in that our government could know all of this and yet funding has remained at only 4%. That’s where greed and sin has brought us…. To a point where more matters to us than God’s most precious beings. I would not be upset one bit if Jesus returned today. I’ve never felt hurt like this. For myself and for other people. It’s one thing to see people on Facebook or out in public sick and suffering. But it’s completely different when you’re on the same Hospital wing and have a child with a similar diagnosis. It’s a heartache I wish on no one, one that will never be healed. Not even after the battles been won. Because now you know… and everytime you see someone else in the shoes you once walked in, your heart will be broken with theirs.
Pray for all affected by childhood cancer. Obviously I’ve had a lot on my mind since arriving here. Not much else to do in here but think…
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02/26/2026

Jensen met counts! We were admitted to finish the last round of high dose methotroxate. Pray all goes well, it clears his system fast, and for no mucositis this time. Next week he will take the rest of his chemo at home and then a couple of weeks off before starting the Blina therapy. Thank you all for praying. 🙏🏻 🎗️🧡

02/25/2026

On our way back to New Orleans. Prayers for safe travels and that Jensen meets counts today. We want to get this last high dose methotroxate over with because it’s been rough on him. We will update everyone later. Keep the prayers coming. 🙏🏻🧡🎗️

02/19/2026

Jensen did not meet counts today. His ANC (immune system) was too low. We will try again next week. We’re just beyond ready to be done with this phase! 🧡🎗️

02/18/2026

Jensen had some great days at home! His transfusions really perked him back up. He does have some increased bruising that has us worried about him possibly not meeting counts in the morning. We will see though. This is his last dose of the high dose methotrexate, and we’re praying he handles it as good as he did last time, if both better. We are beyond ready to get this phase over with. It has been rough! Next phase is similar to induction, which we don’t look forward to. This was our first thirty days into this all and it wrecked his immune system! But we will cross that bridge when we get to it and focus on the methotroxate bridge we’re currently on. Pray for safe travels in the morning. Pray Jensen is able to meet counts. Pray he handles the methotrexate well and were able to finish out this phase strong. 🙏🏻
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02/17/2026

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