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Old Sat Feb 6, 2010, 02:39 AM
Stephanie Stephanie is offline
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On Tuesday my son's biopsy results from the previous week came back and showed that only his T-cells were present, no donor cells. He received an unrelated cord blood transplant for MDS on December 22. His ANC has been 0 for over a month now and we are scrambling to find a donor ASAP. He did not have great matches when a search was first conducted back in October 09. The three adult donors that were found were mismatced at two or more spots. My concern is that if we go ahead with one of them, if they are willing, we will experience severe GVHD. There are also some other cord blood samples that are available. Does anyone have any experience with failed first transplant and successful second transplant? I know the longer we wait the more subceptable he is to infections. Thank you for any input you might have into this difficult situation.
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mother of 3 yr. old diagnosed MDS with Trisomy 8 September '09
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