John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter disclosed Saturday that she has terminal most cancers, writing in an essay in “The New Yorker” that certainly one of her docs stated she may reside for about one other yr and criticizing insurance policies pushed by her cousin, Well being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, stated she was identified in Could 2024 at 34. After the delivery of her second youngster, her physician observed her white blood cell depend was excessive. It turned out to be acute myeloid leukemia with a uncommon mutation, principally seen in older folks.
Her essay was revealed on the 62nd anniversary of her grandfather’s assassination.
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Schlossberg, an environmental journalist, wrote she has undergone rounds of chemotherapy and two stem cell transplants, the primary utilizing cells from her sister and the following from an unrelated donor, and took part in scientific trials. Through the newest trial, she wrote, her physician informed her “he may preserve me alive for a yr, perhaps.”
Schlossberg additionally stated insurance policies backed by RFK may damage most cancers sufferers like her. Caroline Kennedy urged senators to reject his affirmation.
“As I spent increasingly more of my life below the care of docs, nurses, and researchers striving to enhance the lives of others, I watched as Bobby minimize practically a half billion {dollars} for analysis into mRNA vaccines, expertise that might be used in opposition to sure cancers,” the essay reads.
Schlossberg wrote about her fears that her daughter and son received’t bear in mind her. She feels cheated and unhappy that she received’t get to maintain dwelling “the great life” she had together with her husband, George Moran. Whereas her dad and mom and siblings attempt to disguise their ache from her, she stated she feels it each day.
“For my entire life, I’ve tried to be good, to be a great pupil and a great sister and a great daughter, and to guard my mom and by no means make her upset or offended,” she stated. “Now I’ve added a brand new tragedy to her life, to our household’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to cease it.”
