Some tests are left to confirm the transplant
Summary
Enzo Veiga, 4, with a rare lack of PNP, found two possible marrow donors, waiting for tests for confirmation of the transplant.
Boy Enzo Veiga Guimarães, 4 years old, started the week with encouraging news. Through social networks, the relatives of the boy, who suffer from deficiency of Purine-Nucleoside phosphorylasi (PNP), have announced that they had found two possible marrow donors for the child.
Now, tests remain to confirm the donation: “two possible [doadores]compatible with it, 100%. Now we are performing the exam procedure. His evaluation will be the 28th for the transplant, “said Enzo’s father, Marcelo Veiga, in a published video.
The deficiency of Purine-Nucleoside Foforulari (PNP) is a rare genetic disease that causes recurring infections, growth deficits, autoimmune disease and neurological compromise. The only treatment is bone marrow transplantation.
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Due to an aggravation of rare diseases in recent weeks, Enzo, who comes from Nepomuceno, in the south of Minas Gerais, has been widely weakened to the Belo Horizonte Das Clínicas hospital, according to a publication made in the boy’s support profile.
On Tuesday 15, the family members again asked for support and reported that Enzo did not spend the day well, with fever and vomiting. Therefore, the boy must remain hospitalized for a few more days.
Source: Terra
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