Victory Over Childhood Leukemia! Partner Testimony

KCM Partners Anthony and Mercy Mekako had three healthy children––two boys and one girl. Esther, their daughter, was the youngest, and she was growing and developing beautifully until shortly after she turned 3.

One day when Anthony returned home from work, Esther ran out to greet her dad as always, and he noticed that she looked very pale. The next day while at work, Anthony received a call from Mercy saying that Esther’s temperature was very high, and she had vomited. They decided it was time to take her to the hospital.

After running some tests, Esther’s hemoglobin came back at around 3 grams, which was very low, as she was normally around 12. Being a doctor himself, Anthony had seen children die with hemoglobin levels higher than his daughter’s.

The very next morning, Esther was taken by ambulance to the regional oncology center, where she was diagnosed with aggressive leukemia