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Child leukaemia 'genes' revealed

tillychineryhesse wrote 3 months ago: Genetic flaws that increase the risk of the most common form of childhood leukaemia have been uncove … more →

Tags: health news, leukaemia, Institute of Cancer Research

Different diseases pose different challenges

cordbloodreviews wrote 5 months ago: 6/25/09 The transplantation would have remained a dream but for Pugazhendhi’s tissue that perfectly … more →

Tags: Donation Banks, private banks, In The News, Cord Blood, Stem cells, HLA, GVHD., Graft Versus Host Disease

Day 44 Update4 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: Its been a while since we posted a proper treatment update for people so here goes. Rhys is not on m … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, neutrophils, Platelets, haemoglobin, Isolation, tpn, Diarrhoea, Music therapy

New page added2 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: Check out the new page ( link is on the right under Pages) to a short description of his illness wri … more →

Tags: Other Blogs, bone marrow transplant, New Page

20th June Treatment Update6 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: Rhys had another scan yesterday (Thursday) to check on how the fungal infection was going. We’re sti … more →

Tags: Rhys blog, bone marrow transplant, hickman line, Fungal Infection, cannula

Unique Chap1 comment

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: As you might be aware from chatting with us and some of the earlier posts Rhys is a fairly rare char … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, neurofibromatosis, GVHD., Radiotherapy, total body irradiation, hickman line, CT Scan, Infection

Day 19 - Mid week update9 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: The attempts at eating have continued this week with some more rice krispies being eaten on Wednesda … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, Diarrhoea, Rice Krispies, biopsy, Fotki

Day 16 - Weekend Update4 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: We’re into the third week post transplant. Rhys’ sore throat is getting better and he is … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, Platelets, graft vs host disease, Morphine, dihydrocodeine, Coca-Cola, CT Scan, Chocolate Milkshake

Day 12 - Mid Week Update5 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: Some of you might be wondering why we’ve not posted for a few days. Its nothing serious just h … more →

Tags: bone marrow transplant, rigor, Adenovirus, Temperature

Bag full of sugar12 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: Just thought I’d give you idea of how much medication Rhys is on at the moment in addition to … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, hickman line, Morphine, ciclosporin, Coca-Cola, NG tube, saline drip

Day 73 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: The morphine experience has got even bigger. Today the “pain team” came to see Rhys and discussed hi … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, blood transfusion, neutrophils, Platelets, haemoglobin, mucositis, Morphine, ciclosporin

Day 6 - Ted takes a bath1 comment

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: Rhys woke up this morning between 4 and 5am to say that he was really sweaty. We felt his pyjama top … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, nasal feed, Teddy Bear, washing machine

Day 5 Update1 comment

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: A rather eventful and painful days 4 and 5. The mucositis has resulted in Rhys finding it difficult … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, Morphine, Music therapy, dihydrocodeine, Play, massage, ciclosporin, fire engine

Day 3 Update6 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: Well the first few days have seen the treatment going as expected. Life in the BMT unit is pretty un … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, Bank Holiday, mucositis, nasal feed, Diarrhoea, Morphine, Music therapy, susan cooper

Rhys' World3 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: For those of you who want to see Rhys’ environment for the next several weeks here is a video … more →

Tags: videos, bone marrow transplant, Rhys Treatment, Rhys blog, YouTube, treating rhys

Middle of the night7 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: 02:25am started the flush. Main part of transfusion complete.   02:55am flush finished, marrow trans … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, sleep, Air-Conditioning

101 Days2 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: Our 101 Days project is now up and running with the first picture taken and uploaded. Today’s pictur … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, 101 Days

Its here!!!!

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: 7:45pm and the donor marrow is on the ward and Tray and I have seen it. Its in a big polystyrene box … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant

Transplant Day in pictures2 comments

treatingrhys wrote 1 year ago: For a pictorial history of Rhys’ transplant day click on the link.   http://public.fotki.com/treatin … more →

Tags: Treatment Updates, bone marrow transplant, Acute, Pictures]


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