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Bone marrow from China to help a child in US
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-18 08:37
MILWAUKEE -- The Children's Hospital of Wisconsin expects to receive bone
marrow from China in two to four weeks in hope of helping an 8-year-old girl
with a potentially deadly disease.
Kailee Wells was first diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a failure of the bone
marrow, nearly four years ago. She and her parents learned a perfectly matched
bone marrow donor, a young man, has been found in her native land in China.
"It is exciting cooperation," said David A. Margolis, a physician at
Children's Hospital who is coordinating Kailee's treatment. "It is humanity
coming together to help a child."
Linda and Owen Wells adopted Kailee from China after her birth mother left
her at an orphanage in Hunan Province. The family had planned to return to China
to find a donor.
"There's nothing more important than this sweet girl," Owen Wells said. "Now
we have everything we need: a perfect match for non-related bone marrow donor
... In Kailee's words, 'I will be rid of my stupid aplastic anemia."'
Kailee's illness wasn't discovered until she developed a 105-degree fever the
night of her fifth birthday when the family lived in Albuquerque, N.M.
Aplastic anemia remains uncommon -- about 1,000 new cases are discovered each
year. While many are cured, Kailee has a severe form of the disease and needs a
bone marrow transplant.
Her symptoms have worsened recently.
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