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Please congratulate Beau! He’s doing great and has been cancer-free for more than two years after treatment for acute myeloid #leukemia! When Beau was four, he had several long-lasting nosebleeds. His parents became concerned and brought him to UCSF, where our team discovered he had #AcuteMyeloidLeukemia (#AML), a fast-growing blood and bone-marrow #cancer. Beau began treatment right away with Dr. Elliot Stieglitz, staying in the hospital for seven months for treatment and completing six cycles of #chemo. During his time in the hospital, Beau attended our hospital school and regularly participated in our music therapy program. “He loved his nurses,” Beau's dad, Tim, recalls. “Beau had a good time there and got to play and have fun and be a kid at #UCSF.” Happily, the chemo was successful! Beau was thrilled to go home to #Burlingame when he was 5-and-a-half! Now a happy 7-year-old, Beau loves school and playing lacrosse, football, basketball and soccer. He still keeps in touch with his...

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