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Donation
My brother went through the process of taking several drugs in the hospital and was sent home to continue taking a drug that is supposed to jump start his marrow. Unfortunately he developed serum sickness 3 days after he was sent home and went back and was admitted to the hospital for a 27 day stay where it was touch and go at first. He said that whatever he caught was a step below Ebola and was on the strongest drugs they could use. Now he is back home two weeks now and they have seen no progress yet but it is so early. He is currently getting 3 transfusions a week and 1 for platelets. He has a pick line in but I am not sure if that's just for the platelets. I am one of six children and Pete, my brother, he and his wife are very tight lipped and private about what is actually going on so I am not being vague on purpose. It's like pulling teeth from them for information. When I spoke with him last and he told me we were a perfect match he mentioned that he is hopeful with what they are doing now but knows this will never free him of this disease. He was very relieved to know I am on standby so to speak. He talked about the month in the hospital and the the year of recovery so I know he is seriously considering doing the transplant. I know since I am older it's not great so I want to boost my body by eating healthier for if the time comes I will be confident I've done all I can do to help him. Is that possible? I just don't want to go in like a big blob and say take what you want, I want to know that I have done all I can to have healthier marrow if and when the time comes. Can you advise me on what foods will do that?
Thank you so much for answering my post. Sorry I didn't respond earlier. We live in CA and have a home in Mexico and went down for a few days and we have no internet down there.
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