Sunday, December 16, 2012

William Charles Gardiner 1908 -1918

Charles Francis Gardiner and Nellie Boylin Gardiner had three children. Their third child, William Charles Gardiner died at 10 years 7 months 14 days from lymphatic leukemia on September 8, 1918 in Farmington, UT.

Lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a form of leukemia, or cancer of the white blood cells characterized by excess lymphoblasts. Malignant, immature white blood cells continuously multiply and are overproduced in the bone marrow. ALL causes damage and death by crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow, and by spreading (infiltrating) to other organs. ALL is most common in childhood with a peak incidence at 2–5 years of age, and another peak in old age.

The overall cure rate in children is about 80%, and about 45%-60% of adults have long-term disease-free survival. Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia, is a cancer that starts from white blood cells called lymphocytes in the bone marrow (the soft inner part of the bones, where new blood cells are made). In most cases, the leukemia invades the blood fairly quickly. It can then spread to other parts of the body, including the lymph nodes, liver, spleen, central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), and testicles (in males). Other types of cancer can start in these organs and then spread to the bone marrow, but these cancers are not leukemia.



William is buried the SLC City cemetery next to the rest of his family: