Patient Story – Maga Barzallo Sockemtickem

Patient: Maga Barzallo Sockemtickem
Age: 15-years-old
Diagnosis: AML Leukemia
Heritage: Native American, Ecuadorian
Maga has been in the Seattle Children’s Hospital for over 8 months and has been confined to a quarantined room. To pass the time while she waits for a bone marrow match, she writes poetry about her experiences.