Hi. I'm here to ask for help on behalf of my 17 year old niece, Taylor. She lives in Ohio with her mom, dad and younger sister. Up to a few months ago, she was a senior in high school, planning for prom and graduation, looking for a job and truly enjoying her life. She started getting sores on her legs and body and noticed she was bruising very easily. So her mom took her to the Dr., who ran some blood tests on her. The next day they received a phone call telling them to get her to the emergency room right away. Her red and white blood cells were unbelievably low. After more testing they discovered she has a terrible life threatening disease called Severe Aplastic Anemia. She started getting blood transfusions twice a week to keep her counts in a reasonable range and she was also put on several medicines. Any infection could be life threatening. Her mom, dad and 5 year old sister were tested for a bone marrow match, and none will work. She has started an alternative treatment until a bone marrow match can be found. The medicines and treatments are very expensive and the family needs help badly. Here is a link with more information about this disease http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrstnd_Disease_Treat/Lrn_about_Disease/Aplastic_Anemia/index.html
Here since: Feb 20, 2012
Female, 32
Henrico, VA, US
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Athens, OH, US
i am a college freshman trying to be independant. I am in a family of 8 and we are low income. I am the first one to go to college in my family and i am working 2 jobs while being a full time student.... see full post