The communities of Mullinville and Greensburg in Kiowa County came together Labor Day to support one of their own. Twelve-year-old Brogan Tweedy, of Greensburg, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia on July 31 after a routine visit to the eye doctor resulted in a visit to a specialist in Wichita the next day.
That doctor ordered an MRI and the doctor who read the results informed the family that Brogan had M0 acute myeloid leukemia.
Brogan, who will turn 13 on Oct. 16, has been in Wichita since that day, getting treatment for the rare form of leukemia that, according to his doctors, hasn’t been recorded in 20 years. It is so rare it is being documented in two medical journals in hopes of helping others.
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)