A young leukaemia sufferer Kevin Kararwa who we wrote about last November, has received a bone marrow transplant.Please read his story HERE.
Kevin is still in hospital and is being taken care of by his Consultant and a team of health professionals.
Over the Christmas and New Year break Kevin's Consultants took the ‘urgent' decision to give Kevin a fighting chance to try and save his life, Kevin received donated bone marrow cells (a bone marrow transplant) from his younger brother who is only a 50% match (Haploidentical)
A 50% matching donor transplant is a risky procedure and can cause many major side effects as the body fights to adapt to the donors cells, but this was Kevin's only chance.
Kevin remains in hospital and he is being monitored very closely. Its early days BUT we are all keeping Kevin and his family in our thoughts at this very difficult time.Most importantly it is imperative that you all remain on the donor register in the hope of being a match for another patient in need of a bone marrow transplant now or at some time in the future.
Following Kevin's diagnosis, treatments and subsequent relapse of the disease they do not want other families to experience the heartache they had to endure whilst a search was carried out on his behalf and not knowing if he was going to find a match or what the future was for him
If you would like more information about Kevin's progress, or to sign up to the bone marrow register, please visit the ACLT.
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