3 Year Old Boy Caught in Legal Marijuana Battle
NHeselton, BMS
3 year old Landon riddle is caught in the middle of a legal marijuana battle to help cure his leukemia cancer. They tried chemotherapy and it worked. After a little while it got better then it just got worse. He was prescribed antibiotics that just made it so that when he had hair he tried to pull it out.”They thought it was either a virus or infection in the lymph nodes, so they gave him some antibiotics,” Sierra Riddle says”His whole chest was full of leukemia tumors, which is why he couldn’t breathe,” his mother says. “They started him on chemo, but told us that he probably wasn’t going to make it”Landon’s cancer had quickly progressed, leading doctors to give him an 8% chance of survival, she says.Riddle says he also developed neuropathy — a symptom of nerve damage that can cause weakness, numbness and pain — in his legs that left him barely able to walk.This is why Landon’s doctors had suggested putting Landon on medical marijuana.Medical marijuana, however, isn’t legal in Utah. Still, desperate for answers, Sierra Riddle and her mother, Wendy Riddle, started looking into it.”Nobody wants to hurt Landon here,” says attorney Warren Edson. “This is about making him better. We have no problem making sure he’s monitored throughout this process. And again, if there’s any indication this is doing him harm, I can’t imagine Sierra doing anything other than the right thing.Meanwhile, Edson says child protection officials have not yet filed a case.”We will continue to monitor Landon’s health, make sure he’s getting the proper blood tests and other checks to see what’s going on with him health wise,” he says”It’s not just fighting for Landon. It’s not just about him, it’s about all of the kids to come,” she says. “When Landon is 15 years old and we talk about this, I want Landon to know that we did everything in our power to be compassionate in his care and to protect him.
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