Recent content by Big Jim

Thank you :) He's a little better today, and his blood counts are really coming up quickly. They're giving him steroids to reduce the rash and reactions, etc, and it seems to be helping. Very worrying times, but hopefullt all will improve in a few days.

Thanks for the messages :) 18 days post transplant (I think) and we had a really worrying night. a rash he developed vastly worsened, lips swollen, hi respiration rate (liteally panting), sats dropping, fevers, etc. Dr's were very worried at around 1.00 am and called on the "on call"...

Currently on day 12 post transplant and all seems to be going in the right direction. Fevers are less frequent and his health is slowely improving. Here;s a picture from 2 days ago: Just need to improve my fitness in time for the ride. Being in hospital is a nightmare for your health!

Thank you :) We're currently on day 7 post transplant and all seems to be going ok. We're just waiting for William's counts to come up really, which could start to recover anything from this sunday onwards. The below picture is William having his new stem cells a week ago. Big thank...

Thank you so much. :) He's currently on day 3 after his bone marrow and seems ok. Just have another few weeks to get through and hopefully his counts will start to pick up.

William's currently on day 7 of his conditioning chemo and all seems to be going well. New cells will go in this Thursday,

Very kind and moving words. Thanks Polish. :)

Thanks everyone. It's a horrendous disease and I think you can see a lot in William's expression in the picture. A truely horrible look that chills me , and you never really want to see your son like that. But hopefully the BMT will do the trick as we have a good match. Certainly...

Hi, My 3 year old son William Lyne was first diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Type M7 in Feb 2011 (aged 2 at that time). He presented with a lot of pain early on and needed a constant morphine background to help through the days. “AML” is the Adult form of the disease (as opposed to the...