{"id":17359,"date":"2025-11-22T13:54:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/tatiana-schlossberg-opens-up-about-terminal-leukemia-diagnosis-has-less-than-a-year-to-live\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T13:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:55:19","slug":"52227-tatiana-schlossberg-opens-up-about-terminal-leukemia-diagnosis-has-less-than-a-y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/52227-tatiana-schlossberg-opens-up-about-terminal-leukemia-diagnosis-has-less-than-a-y\/","title":{"rendered":"Tatiana Schlossberg opens up about terminal leukemia diagnosis, has less than a year to live"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tatiana Schlossberg<\/b>, granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy<\/b>, disclosed a terminal leukemia diagnosis on November 22, 2025<\/b>. The 35-year-old<\/b> journalist revealed the heartbreaking news in an essay published by The New Yorker<\/b>. She stated her doctor said he could keep her alive “for a year, maybe.” Her candid piece titled “A Battle with My Blood” details her journey with acute myeloid leukemia with Inversion 3 mutation<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd25 Quick Facts:<\/p>\n

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  • Diagnosed May 2025<\/b> after giving birth to her second daughter in May 2024<\/b><\/li>\n
  • Her white blood cell count was 131,000<\/b> (normal is 4,000-11,000)<\/li>\n
  • She’s the daughter of Caroline Kennedy<\/b> and Edwin Schlossberg<\/b><\/li>\n
  • Underwent bone marrow transplant, CAR-T cell therapy, and multiple clinical trials<\/li>\n
  • She’s a reporter who previously covered climate change for The New York Times<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    How She Discovered the Diagnosis<\/h2>\n

    Schlossberg<\/b> noticed something was wrong immediately after delivery. Her white blood cell counts spiked dramatically during her hospital stay. A normal count ranges from 4,000 to 11,000<\/b> cells per microliter. Hers shot to 131,000<\/b>.<\/p>\n

    “It could just be something related to pregnancy and delivery,” doctors initially told her. Hours later, they diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia<\/b>. The diagnosis shocked her. She had been incredibly healthy before giving birth. She swam a mile the day before pregnancy. She ran 5-10 miles<\/b> regularly in Central Park. She even competed in the Birkebeiner ski race, finishing in 7.5 hours<\/b>.<\/p>\n

    The diagnosis was particularly unusual because acute myeloid leukemia<\/b> typically affects older patients, not 35-year-old<\/b> women. She had just turned 34<\/b> when diagnosed. The cancer had a rare mutation called Inversion 3<\/b>, which doctors said “liked to come back.”<\/p>\n

    Her Medical Journey and Multiple Treatments<\/h2>\n

    Schlossberg<\/b> spent five weeks<\/b> in Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital<\/b> for initial treatment. She underwent aggressive chemotherapy to reduce blast cells in her bone marrow. She lost her hair and endured severe side effects. Yet she found humor in the darkness, joking she looked like “a busted-up Voldemort.” Her sister donated stem cells for the first bone marrow transplant, putting her in remission.<\/p>\n

    But the cancer returned. She relapsed and joined clinical trials for CAR-T cell therapy<\/b>. This cutting-edge immunotherapy involved engineering her sister’s T-cells to attack cancer cells. She developed cytokine-release syndrome<\/b>, a serious inflammatory storm that left her gasping for breath. She needed high-flow oxygen<\/b> and nearly went to intensive care.<\/p>\n

    A second bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor donor in April<\/b> followed. She relapsed again. Another clinical trial, another hospitalization. She lost about twenty pounds<\/b> total during treatment. She had to learn to walk again. She couldn’t pick up her young children.<\/p>\n

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    “During the latest clinical trial, my doctor told me that he could keep me alive for a year, maybe.”<\/p>\n