The whole transplant took 50 minutes.
Our lovely German donor angel had had 1600 ml (1.6 litres) of bone marrow taken.
Ouch!!! Bless her heart.
By the time the hospital had taken out the bits they didn't want Brett had a total of 100ml put into him.
100ml is enough to give him a new lease of life. Mind blowing really.
The specialist nurses stayed with us the whole time he was having the transplant.
We chatted and found out some
Interesting facts such as the first transplant was conducted by the patient having to drink the bone marrow. It didn't work and yuk!!
This is what bone marrow with a few red cells looks like.
This is what a chance of a cancer free life looks like.
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