Hi my name is Xavier Mateo Rivas I am 13 years old and on June 13, 2012, I was told I am living with pH + ALL1122 leukemia, a rare cancer that happens in only 3% of all cancers. People thought cancer was going to change my life but that is not the case. I live with cancer as part of me not me as part of cancer and from the start line I know with the help of my family and the doctors at Cook Children's Hospital I am going to make it to the finish line a winner.
So thank you to all my family at Cook Children Hospital and friends for all the support and hand holding you have given me.
