Lucia was diagnosed with biphenotypic leukemia on May 16, 2018. She has both types of leukemia cells in her body which is extremely rare. In fact, it is so rare that the original hospital she was admitted to (Hattensack Hospital) did not know how to treat it and had to consult doctors from St. Jude. When she was originally diagnosed, the doctors could not immediately start her on a treatment plan until the received consultation on how to treat her. It took the hospital 5 days to come to a unanimous decision to treat her on a 2.5 year chemotherapy program.