Jackie Forster (MNS Photo) Former actress Jackie Forster believes that her daughter, who is battling leukemia, is already cured. Forster said three-year-old Caleigh is already in remission but still needs to undergo two years of chemotherapy. “We believe she’s cured already. Medically speaking, she is in remission. She still has to undergo two years of chemotherapy. But when we look at her, we pray, and she’s cured,” she said. Forster discovered the condition of her daughter when they were staying in Malaysia and her daughter was constantly having fever attacks. She initially thought her daughter had dengue fever, but when Caleigh checked by a doctor, they were told that she had symptoms of leukemia. Forster admitted that at first, she was in denial, until more symptoms became apparent. “Nu’ng una nilalagnat lang siya that was on and off. So I decided to bring her to a specialist. I was scared it would be dengue. I took her to a pediatrician one day, had her blood drawn. Of course he knew the symptoms [of leukemia]. I was even thinking ‘anong leukemia’… in denial pa ako nu’n,” said the former actress. Forster said her daughter, despite being aware of her condition, remains strong. “She is aware. She only learned the word cancer from her brother. But she doesn’t call it cancer. What she has, tawag niya du’n aliens,” she said. Caleigh’s older brother, Jared Alfred, meanwhile learned about his sister’s illness when she noticed the three-year-old’s hair falling off because of chemotherapy. Read More …
