About This Episode
When blood work on their infant daughter, Wyatt, showed she needed emergency care for a rare form of leukemia, Morgan and John traveled 120 miles to save her life. The two parents recount the early days navigating the unknown and the complex needs that WashU Medicine pediatric oncologist Margaret A. Ferris, MD, PhD, of Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, met and exceeded. With a rare KMT2A gene rearrangement, a diagnosis that only 100 kids in the world get each year, the family found Siteman Kids was the single best place for her specialty care. Dr. Ferris, along with John and Morgan, discuss their hope for remission after a transplant and dreams for the future.
Clinical Review By:
Margaret Ferris, MD, PhD ,
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Updated September 30, 2026
