I really don't know much about Leukemia. Honestly, I don't know anything about it at all. But I do know it is an ugly disease that took our family by surprise. My father in law goes for routine blood work every 3 months. He has been doing it for over 25 years. On his most recent test he received a phone call from his doctor's office telling him to go the ER immediately. He is 87 and was frightened by the phone call so he called us to take him. It seems on his most recent test, his white blood cell count was 70000. I don't know what a normal count is, but from what I read, this is extremely high. Also, his platelets were very low. He spent a week in the hospital getting all kinds of tests, but the doctors knew right away what the prognosis would be. He also had strange scratch looking marks on him that were indicative of his condition. The sad thing about this is that there are things that can be done to help fight this ugly disease, but...