The double blow of the disease: the youngest daughter did not save older

They dreamed that the birth of a second daughter to save the life of the first victim of the rare blood disease. But instead of suffering the parents only doubled.

Several years ago, the family of the British Leona Smith and Hugh Kerr came misfortune - their daughter Marilyn doctors discovered a rare blood disorder which makes it particularly vulnerable to tumors. The only hope for a cure of this disease was   Bone Marrow Transplant . A very effective in this case is related to transplantation. Bone marrow father and mother, Marilyn did not fit.

And when Leon gave birth to a second daughter, her happiness knew no bounds. Of course, she was happy adorable baby birth, but also the fact that now her older sister Marilyn received the hope of healing. All the more so during pregnancy performed analyzes showed that the second girl is a perfect donor for Bone marrow transplantation for the former.

But something happened that even the doctors have called an unprecedented event in the history of medicine. A small Freya's younger sister, Marilyn, was diagnosed with the same anemia Diamond-Blekfena   (inherited form of partial red cell aplasia) that the older girls. Doctors shocked in this story is that the victims of the disease began two daughters in the family, in which neither the pope nor the mother did not carry the disease. As stated by the doctor, is the only such case in which they have ever heard.

Yes, and in itself anemia Diamond-Blekfena   It is a rare disease, occurring with a frequency of one case per 20 million. Around the world, is now recorded 600 patients. Unfortunately, Marilyn Smith Kerr disease has brought to leukemia, so now she has to twice a day to go through chemotherapy. A poor doctors advised parents to look for donors and for the second daughter Freya.

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