R&B Singer Keke Wyatt, 38, Shares Intense Video About Son’s Cancer Journey & There Are No Sweeter Words Than: “NO MORE CANCER!”
Singer Keke Wyatt's son Rahjah was diagnosed with leukemia as a teen; the 18 year-old is now in remission and Wyatt is thanking God he's now cancer-free.
R&B singer Keke Wyatt, 38, is saying God healed her teenage son after he was diagnosed with leukemia.
Her son experienced symptoms such as fatigue and weight loss, which led him to get a blood test; the blood test revealed his leukemia diagnosis.
Other symptoms of some types of leukemia include shortness of breath, fatigue, bruising, or infection.
R&B star Keke Wyatt is a mother of 10, and one of her babies, Rahjah, was recently diagnosed with – and beat – leukemia. He wasn’t a baby, really; he is a teenager, but as moms everywhere know, no matter how old our kids get they will always be our babies. In an exceptionally open video she posted to YouTube, the singer said she “couldn’t believe it” when she learned that Rahjah was cancer-free.
In the video, Wyatt opens up about how she suspected something was wrong when they went on a trip to a Six Flags amusement park, and her son, who is now 18 years old, was too fatigued to move. “You couldn’t walk. You couldn’t do anything,” Wyatt said in the video. As she describes his symptoms and subsequent treatment you could feel her fear and love all at the same time.
Her son had to be carried out of the amusement park. Later, he completely lost his appetite. “You dropped weight drastically,” Wyatt reminded her son. “[The doctor] was like, ‘Okay, let’s just run some blood. Let’s just check some blood, tests some blood and see.'” The blood tests provided an answer to Rahjah’s physical changes: He had leukemia.
While going through treatment, Rahjah experienced seizures at the hospital, and swelling of the brain.
Symptoms of Leukemia
Rahjah’s symptoms of fatigue and loss of appetite are seen in other leukemia patients, too. While we don’t the specific type of leukemia that Rahjah had, SurvivorNet previously spoke with Dr. Gail Roboz, a medical oncologist at Weill Cornell Medicine, about the symptoms she sees in leukemia patients – specifically, people who are diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
Symptoms of AML may include shortness of breath, fatigue, bruising, or infection. “Acute myeloid leukemia is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults, said Dr. Roboz. “And most of the time, this comes as an unwelcome surprise diagnosis. Often, patients have no idea that leukemia is even anywhere on the radar. They may feel unwell, have some symptoms of shortness of breath or perhaps decreased exercise tolerance, perhaps some bruising.”
“They might have an infection,” she says. “And then they go into a physician for evaluation. Sometimes patients actually have no symptoms at all and may be diagnosed in the course of a completely routine evaluation. But basically, AML is a disease of the bone marrow. And the bone marrow produces white blood cells that fight infection, red blood cells that give you oxygen and energy, and platelets that are the tiny cells that help you clot if you get a cut.”
Family Support During Cancer
In a family of 10 kids, we imagine that Rahjah had tons of support during his diagnosis and treatment. Support from family, friends, loved ones, and support networks, can be helpful in the cancer journey.
Ovarian cancer survivor Beverly Reeves told SurvivorNet how family, friends, and faith helped her along the way as she battled cancer. “If I had one piece of advice for someone who had just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, it would be to get a strong support group together. Get your close friends. If you’re connected to a faith community, get your faith community. Get your family. Let them know what’s going on and let them help you. And sometimes that’s the most difficult thing to do, but just know that they are there.”
R&B singer Keke Wyatt, 38, is saying God healed her teenage son after he was diagnosed with leukemia.
Her son experienced symptoms such as fatigue and weight loss, which led him to get a blood test; the blood test revealed his leukemia diagnosis.
Other symptoms of some types of leukemia include shortness of breath, fatigue, bruising, or infection.
R&B star Keke Wyatt is a mother of 10, and one of her babies, Rahjah, was recently diagnosed with – and beat – leukemia. He wasn’t a baby, really; he is a teenager, but as moms everywhere know, no matter how old our kids get they will always be our babies. In an exceptionally open video she posted to YouTube, the singer said she “couldn’t believe it” when she learned that Rahjah was cancer-free.
In the video, Wyatt opens up about how she suspected something was wrong when they went on a trip to a Six Flags amusement park, and her son, who is now 18 years old, was too fatigued to move. “You couldn’t walk. You couldn’t do anything,” Wyatt said in the video. As she describes his symptoms and subsequent treatment you could feel her fear and love all at the same time.
Her son had to be carried out of the amusement park. Later, he completely lost his appetite. “You dropped weight drastically,” Wyatt reminded her son. “[The doctor] was like, ‘Okay, let’s just run some blood. Let’s just check some blood, tests some blood and see.'” The blood tests provided an answer to Rahjah’s physical changes: He had leukemia.
While going through treatment, Rahjah experienced seizures at the hospital, and swelling of the brain.
Symptoms of Leukemia
Rahjah’s symptoms of fatigue and loss of appetite are seen in other leukemia patients, too. While we don’t the specific type of leukemia that Rahjah had, SurvivorNet previously spoke with Dr. Gail Roboz, a medical oncologist at Weill Cornell Medicine, about the symptoms she sees in leukemia patients – specifically, people who are diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
Symptoms of AML may include shortness of breath, fatigue, bruising, or infection. “Acute myeloid leukemia is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults, said Dr. Roboz. “And most of the time, this comes as an unwelcome surprise diagnosis. Often, patients have no idea that leukemia is even anywhere on the radar. They may feel unwell, have some symptoms of shortness of breath or perhaps decreased exercise tolerance, perhaps some bruising.”
“They might have an infection,” she says. “And then they go into a physician for evaluation. Sometimes patients actually have no symptoms at all and may be diagnosed in the course of a completely routine evaluation. But basically, AML is a disease of the bone marrow. And the bone marrow produces white blood cells that fight infection, red blood cells that give you oxygen and energy, and platelets that are the tiny cells that help you clot if you get a cut.”
Family Support During Cancer
In a family of 10 kids, we imagine that Rahjah had tons of support during his diagnosis and treatment. Support from family, friends, loved ones, and support networks, can be helpful in the cancer journey.
Ovarian cancer survivor Beverly Reeves told SurvivorNet how family, friends, and faith helped her along the way as she battled cancer. “If I had one piece of advice for someone who had just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, it would be to get a strong support group together. Get your close friends. If you’re connected to a faith community, get your faith community. Get your family. Let them know what’s going on and let them help you. And sometimes that’s the most difficult thing to do, but just know that they are there.”
