In March, 2018, my grandmother Ruth was diagnosed with AML-MRC, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, with myelodysplastic related changes. It originated as a disease called Myelodysplastic Syndrome, or MDS. She was 70 years old at the time. On December 3rd of 2019, she underwent a life-saving bone marrow stem cell transplant. The months following, however, were not easy. Exhausted and sick, she needed to have my mother go live with her to care for her daily until she recovered. It took a long time for her to be able to live on her own, but she is now living alone and recovering. I accompanied her to some of her frequent chemotherapy treatments and blood transfusions.