My PICC Line

Here’s a short feature on Matt Fioretti at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance website. Fioretti, a mountain climber and guide, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia a short time after leading a climb along Nirekha Peak, in the Himalayas.

When reflecting on the  bone marrow transplant he eventually underwent he says,  “My attitude was good. There were days I’d break down, but that happens on every expedition at some point.”

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