My PICC Line

Jeana Moore is the grandmother of a leukemia survivor. Her granddaughter, Jada, received a bone marrow transplant at only seven months old, the donor was an unrelated one from Germany. After seeing a life saved, Jeana decided to literally take steps towards spreading awareness; she is walking across the continental United States in hope of [...]

This Mayo Clinic video highlights the experiences of one leukemia survivor who underwent an autologous stem cell transplant, which means the cells used in transplant were her own. For those with aplastic anemia this is not an option, instead they must undergo and allogeneic transplant—-bone marrow(where stem cells that  give rise to blood cells are [...]