HARTFORD, Conn. — A 70% chance of survival. That’s the number John Krause’s doctor gave him when he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Jokingly, he said he would have preferred that survival rate to be 90%, however, he was confident he would pull through – no matter what the estimate.

“I ran with it obviously during that whole time, my motivation was, all right, I've got to be there for, my wife and kids. I've got a career. I've got all these things that I like, but I'm too young. It's not my time to go, right?

In 2014, John Krause was a father of 3 with a 4th on the way when he received his diagnosis. His treatment required seven days of 24-hour chemotherapy. He also underwent a stem cell transplant that his younger brother donated. Krause stayed in the hospital for 30 days. He

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