Stem Cell Transplant
He’s 100% donor
Five hundred and fifty five days ago Andy received Sofia’s stem cells at room 613 / Six West, the stem cell transplant unit of Children’s Hospital Boston. During Andy’s last visit to the clinic about a month ago a blood sample was taken to check the percentage of cells in his blood stream that come…
Introduction to Six West – Part 2
Introduction to Six West video
Also available here.
Mensaje del Dr. Baptista
El Dr. Baptista fué no de los primeros hematólogos que vió a Andy por recomendación del Dr. Kretschmer. El día de hoy recibimos un mensaje suyo en el que habla del “submundo del transplante”. Gracias al Dr. Baptista por dedicarse a lo que se dedica y ser un profesional del submundo del transplante. De: Dr….
Simon day THREE
Simon’s Mom posted an update yesterday. She said, We ask for prayers and support for us to get through this all. We have never asked for help for anything but this time we have no choice. We cannot do all of this alone. I’m trying to work from the hospital and dave is trying to…
Simon day ONE
Simon received Marriana’s stem cells yesterday 10:30 am. CONDITIONING -> CELL INFUSION -> ENGRAFTMENT -> BREAKOUT DAY Simon’s Mom is requesting the following prayer: If you want to pray for us, pray that he has engraftment over the next few weeks. In this time of renewal and time of prayer we pray for the Rebirth…
Cure 4 Simon!
Please help Simon. I introduced Simon here three days ago. He’s almost six months old, he has NEMO and a compatible sister. He’s in the middle of his stem cell transplant, he’s receiving chemo infusions right now to get rid of his immune system and replace it with the help of stem cells from his…
A prayer for Simon!
Simon is almost six months old, he’s from Chicago. Simon has NEMO, diagnosed 38 days ago. Simon is starting conditioning (chemo therapy) tomorrow for a stem cell transplant. Simon will receive stem cells from his sister, she’s a full match. Please keep Simon in your prayers. Chemo should only make way for the new cells……
GVHD predictable!
The first time I talked about graft versus host disease (GVHD) here was around November 8th, 2004. GVHD is the donors cells attacking the patient after transplant.. The story at Reuters reports that a person with elevated levels of the protein called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) around day seven is most likely to develop GVHD…