Articles Book III - Pg 1-117 (Adoptees) - triadoption

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for marrow
+.,!! I ! donors'
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) ' i:'::;' ~By~on~nlrolf ,'.. I
f I.~,MI!~wII(u..'- !
, Japr Crr$!.GeorgZ, who is lrylng
lo oprni~adoptlon recordr to rave
his IUe. wu ollered a comprombk
Wcdncsdryr Close relhtlves would be
'monymoualy tnled lor compatible
bone marrow whlle Mlsrourl pre.
rervcd the cccrmy 01 hisadopUonrcc-
I OrdI.
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I At Ih@ md of a 1our.hour henrlng. a
lauyer rc~menllng the Inlerrrli of
~corg?s moUvr and hall rlrtcr rrld
hlr cllcnls would submll lo lerlr for
bone m m w mmpstlbUlly U It were
a ~ m Urn1 d na other relaU$& on tbe
'molhcr'sslde wuld belated, .I ,
,I Dr. Jmu Arpltnge. dlrectoi of the
ibons mvrow lranaplant unlt Il the
Unitrally d ima In Iowa Ctty, lerll.
'fled Ihat he normallv would no4 re@.
'IOU?. and tht~lblllly olmalchallh
!a half rhtudd bconelnlOOor300.
;would beevensmaller. Z' ' .
,( Mike Curley, the lnwyar lor
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Omrge'r mother and half rlrler, dld
not ray whether U~ey would agree lo
be bone marrow donori U Ihey rere
foundlobecompallble. . ..
wr~crpe. 1 ~3.yearsld warn1 ;om.
ular syrlem mnlullanl, h u been lylo
open htr adoptlon recordt 10
that he mlght try lo convine4 hlr
mnlher nnd hll! rlde to donate the
bonc mmw he needa, Ceorge, who
- wra born it the lonnar WUIowr hlaternlly
Home. 2929 Mnln, har chmnlc
myelocytlc leukernla, bone m e w
CMCV. .
Under the cornprombe tuggnlcd
Wcdnerday Utemwn In the juvenUa
dlvWon of Jacluon Counlv Clrcull
Court, George could find oui whether
hh bonc marrow mrlcl~er hlr molh.
er'r or half dster'r without llndlng out
who .. . thcv -..
ire orwhera Ihev llve.
Annllage rnld tha medlrn #urvlvd
rate lor persona wlth bone marrow
cancer In the nelghborhood d 40
monUu lrom the Ilme bey w dlua
nosed." Omrge wndlamord in July
1mo.
There have been W operatlonr condudcd
In the Unllcd Glalcu lute the
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one Gb~rge is reeldng. More than hall
Ule prUenln survlved the tranrplanld .
md compllcaUona and hare not had
the dlscare relm. But Armllnge
warnEd Ihat thole rbtisllcs mlght not
, be very retlnble because Uu earllcst
bone marrow tranrplanta lor
I Ceorge'a dlaeasc were done only lour
Armllage told the m rl thrl bone
marrow Vanaplanlsare "sdrngemus
procedure, 1 very risky bustnas. It la
only done In the hoper ol cWng any
othewtse fatrJdlsenre."
Ile also sald that U the lransplant
aere u~~uccuslul, the rtlempt mlght
shorlen the pallcnt'r Ule. 1. ,.
"Thla is sllll an &perlmental proco
dure." he sold. "There have not been
enough done and followed lo see how
they turn oul."
During the opcrallon, thebonornurow
is lnken lrom the back boner ol
the plvb of tho donor and placed Into
the velna of the paUenL Tbe reclplent
must then wall for the marrow lo
gmw. Durlng that time (here la a high
Ask ol lnlecllon and posslble adverse
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rencUon totheknnsplant.
Armitage auld bone marrow donors
would have to be u'ttllng to rlsk lhe
lnmnvenlenec of the operatlon, Le
dtseomlort 01 M V akin ~ pUnctUCs
and betwefn 80 m? 200 puncturer of
thebooe. \
~ uhe t sa~d i13e gk.test Ask would
be theaneathesir, whlch muld revere.
ly hnrm a person who was not well.
'-The dlsease Isn't curable wllhcon.
ventlonal methods. but bonc marrow
transplant.Uon otlerr the posrlblllly
of a cure," he odd.
The hearkg will resumo at the
Jacbon County JuvenUe Justlce Cen-
LEr on Rlday.