Family schoolgirl Zoe Gilbert from the UK every day looking forward to a home phone. They expect to hear a call from the hospital that notifies them that a suitable bone marrow donor for the girl was found. In the meantime, the child suffering from aplastic anemia , In anticipation of the operation has to go through regular injections of horse blood. Without them, Zoe would have died long ago.
The child is the form aplastic anemia Which can be cured solely by bone marrow transplantation. In this condition, the girl's own bone marrow ceases to function properly, do not produce enough blood cells. That's why she needed constant blood transfusions.
Doctors extracted from horse blood serum which contains anti-thymocyte globulin - antibody required to "restart" the immune system. This is the only possible treatment, which keeps the child's life. And he has very unpleasant side effects, including facial hair growth. In addition, there remains a risk that Zoe picks up a deadly infection. But doctors believe that the girls need to take that risk, because her health is too weak.
Injections of horse blood will continue for another month, after which the doctors finally assess their effectiveness. This blood helps reduce the number of white blood cells circulating through the bloodstream of the patient. If the shots do not help, then the girl will hope only for the appearance of the donor.
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