Chandler girl to head home after bout with leukemia, bone marrow transplant

Amber Fernandez, Benjamin Fernandez

Amber Fernandez, 8, a second grader at Chandler’s Hull Elementary School (left) and her brother, Benjamin, 4, on March 20, the day Amber underwent a successful bone marrow transplant at Phoenix Children’s Medical Hospital for acute myeloid leukemia with Benjamin being the donor. Amber is scheduled to be released from the hospital today after spending nearly the last nine months at Phoenix Children’s. Although Amber turned 8 on March 22, the siblings were celebrating the day of the transplant as Amber’s “new birthday.” (Photo courtesy of Kelly Fernandez)