October 22, 2025
Mom of 4 Opens Up About Her Son’s Cancer Battle — and How Her Family Found Strength
Mom of 4 Details ‘Brutal’ Family Discussions After Son with Down Syndrome Was Diagnosed with Leukemia — “We Promised Him He’d Never Fight Alone” When influencer and mother of four, Kirstin Czernek, first heard the words “your son has leukemia,” time seemed to stop. Her 2-year-old son Luca, who already faced life with Down syndrome, had just been diagnosed with AML — acute myeloid leukemia — a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer. It was January 2025, a month that forever changed the rhythm of her family’s life. What followed were long hospital stays, brutal conversations with her husband












