“Chemo really was hard,” says Justice Wexler-Kariher told SurvivorNet when he sat down with his mom, Jayne, to discuss his experience with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Justice is now 16 years old. He spent many of his younger years going through treatment for ALL, and now, a side effect of chemotherapy, he is dealing with heart disease.
Read More RELATED: Being a Mom & a Caregiver — Jayne Wexler Shares Her Son’s Cancer Journey “It’s been a hard road, but he gives us so much joy,” Jayne said. “He’s also a nuisance, but we bother him too and you know, now he’s a teenager. So, here we are telling this story. It’s wonderful.” Justice had some advice for other kids who may be going through similar struggles, and explained that his cancer experience gave him a pretty profound outlook on life.
“If you’re ashamed of what you’ve been through — don’t be,” Justice said. “It makes you stronger as a person. While I would trade what happened to me in an instant … if I’m failing in school, whatever, it’s like … I beat cancer, what are you going to do?”
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