Baby whose nosebleeds turned out to be deadly condition saved by stranger

Reading now: 195

A baby whose nose bleed turned out to be a one-in-a-million disease has had his life saved by a complete stranger. Tiny Daniel McAvoy's parents were told he would die unless he received the stem cell transplant before he turned two.

The infant was diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare blood disorder, when he was just ten weeks old. Mum Georgie, 30, and dad Andrew, 37, noticed something wasn’t right with their newborn when he suffered chronic nosebleeds and passed blood in his nappies.

But after desperately searching for the right donor for more than a year, Daniel has now had the transplant and is a smiley, happy tot back at home. "He’s eating and playing and I really hope it continues that way.

Read more on mirror.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA