Life of Scots teen battling cancer saved by European stem cell stranger

dailyrecord.co.uk:

teenager has been “given back her life” by a stem cell donation from a European stranger.Abbe Ferguson, 13, who had leukaemia, is in remission after the mystery donor stepped forward.The cells were harvested at the height of the first Covid wave last spring, then flown across the Channel to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow where Abbe had the life saving transplant on June 2.Speaking for the first time to launch the Race for Life at Home campaign, the youngster, from Kilmarnock, said: “I’m incredibly grateful to feel well again.“It’s difficult to find the right words to thank my donor.

She’s given me back my life.“All we know is that the donor is female, from Europe, and she made the donation during the pandemic.” Looking back to.