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Caitlin Schwartz has fought and beat cancer not once — but twice in the last two years. In 2021, she was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma in her right shoulder blade. By the time Caitlin’s tumor was discovered, it was so large that it covered her entire shoulder. Thankfully, her cancer was stage two and was isolated to her shoulder. For the next six months, Caitlin completed chemotherapy at Cook Children’s. Starting in May of 2022, she underwent a total of 36 sessions of proton radiation on her shoulder at Texas Oncology. Caitlin experienced every side effect in the book from chemotherapy, including hair loss, nausea, and weight loss. She also got radiation burns, for which she had to take special medication. Miraculously, by the time Caitlin had finished all of her treatment in October of 2022, her scans were clear. She and her family enjoyed a huge celebration for her birthday, the end of chemo, and achieving remission. Little did they know, Caitlin’s battle was far from over. Caitlin went back to school for only three days before she started to feel extremely sick. Her mother, Jessica, brought her back to Cook Children’s for emergency lab work. Shortly thereafter, Kenneth Heym, M.D., of Cook Children’s Hematology and Oncology, diagnosed her with Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). She had contracted AML from one of the chemotherapies used to treat her Ewing Sarcoma. “She was understandably upset because she was looking forward to being done,” Dr. Heym said. “But she still maintained that positivity and that smile and that snarkiness and all of those features that just endear you to her immediately.” Visit the link in our bio to read the rest of Caitlin’s story! #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth