I told my father not to jump to conclusions as he was already preparing his funeral, and very worried about my mother. Dr. Pauling rightly pointed out that leukemia patients are much like scurvy victims. Leukemia patients systems devour vitamin C ravenously. If it is not given to them, the bruising and hemorrhaging begins. Vitamin C is used by the body to strengthen cells and keep them from rupturing.
Vitamin C can keep the spleen from enlarging, as well as the heart and liver.
White blood cells increase immunity prowess as vitamin C is one of their main ingredients. In the leukemic patient it is the bleeding, organ hypertrophy, and infection that brings demise. Vitamin C raises interferon levels and can keep fevers from infections down or from doing damage. Like many people with blood disorders, leukemics run low-grade temperatures to generate body heat, but this can develop into deadly fevers when immature cells invade the blood. Vitamin C can stop or reduce the damage from this.