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AILLIDH KINNAIRD FROM SANDBANK NEEDS YOUR HELP – TO STAY ALIVE.
The eight-year-old is fighting leukaemia and is urgently in need of stem cell donors. The harsh fact is Aillidh will lose her battle if a bone marrow donor whose tissue type matches hers is not found in the next few months.
Towards the end of November last year Aillidh and her father Andrew were at a local play park when she banged her leg.
The bruising got larger and larger and became swollen and angry. Her worried parents took her to their GP, Dr Hamilton at Kilmun’s Riverbank Surgery.
Aillidh was immediately referred to Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow where she was diagnosed as having leukaemia – cancer of the blood. She has been in Yorkhill since.
Her close family spent Christmas with her in hospital.
She has just finished a second round of chemotherapy and her father, mother Leigh, sister Roisin (6) and brother Struan (3) face an anxious wait to see if the debilitating treatment will bring relief.
Andrew said: “The chemo makes her very weak. She’s not drowsy, she just doesn’t want to do anything except lie in bed.”
Mother Leigh is keeping a constant vigil at Aillidh’s bedside, sleeping beside her every night.
Aillidh is missed by her classmates and teachers at Sandbank Primary School. Head teacher Mrs Russell told the Standard: “Aillidh is a wee girl with a big personality, we all wish her all the best.”
Chemotherapy has caused Aillidh to lose most of her hair. Emotion wavering her voice, Mrs Russell continued: “Her hair was her crowning glory, she loved it and was always wearing baubles in it.”
All of Aillidh’s family have been tested for bone marrow compatibility, but none match.
Andrew Kinnaird is now appealing for your help. He is pleading for as many people as possible to be tested to see if they can save Aillidh’s life. Surgeons are waiting to perform their miraculous work – but need a suitable donor to come forward.
Generously, he said: “Even if you’re not a match you can maybe save somebody else’s life.”
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People aged between 18 and 40 can register as donors. This can either be done through the Anthony Nolan Trust website (www.anthonynolan.org) or information and application forms can be collected in person from the blood transfusion service when its mobile unit visits Dunoon’s Queen’s Hall on Wednesday and Thursday (January 25 and 26). The blood transfusion service assure us they will have plenty of forms with them and staff will be able to offer advice.
The Anthony Nolan Trust matches donors with those in need of transplants. When your application is received by the trust you will be sent a ‘spit pack’. A sample of saliva will be sent to the trust’s labs in London and tested. If you are a match for Aillidh, or anyone else waiting for stem cell surgery, you will be contacted.
If you are outwith this age group the best way to help is by donating cash. It costs the Anthony Nolan Trust £100 to process every applicant. Call the trust on 020 7424 6626 or send cheques, payable to 'The Anthony Nolan Trust' to: Supporter Services Team, Anthony Nolan, Units 2 - 3, Heathgate Place, 75 - 87 Agincourt Road, London, NW3 2NU.
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Reality: Matching is performed by tissue type not blood group. However, some patients do take on the blood group of their donor, after the transplant.
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Reality: There are two ways to donate. You could do it through a vein in your arm which is non-surgical, known as a Peripheral Blood Stem Cell donation, or you could do it through a donation of bone marrow, which does require surgery. The way you donate is requested by the patient’s doctor but you have the final decision.
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Reality: Bone marrow is a pulpy tissue found inside long bones. Bone marrow is like a factory where red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are made. No actual bones or parts of bone are removed from the body.
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Reality: Depending on how you donate, you could expect to be back to normal in between 1-10 days.
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Reality: Only 30 per cent of patients needing a transplant will find a matching donor from within their own family, generally from a sibling. Seventy per cent of people who need a transplant have to rely on the kindness of a stranger to save their life.
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Reality: People who have donated via the bone marrow method compared the after-effects to a hard game of football. Many donors find the experience fulfilling and, for some, it’s life-changing.
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Reality: All donations come from live donors.
