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| Donor is found for leukaemia boy | Donor is found for leukaemia boy |
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| A perfect bone marrow match has been found for a six-year-old Nottinghamshire boy with leukaemia. | A perfect bone marrow match has been found for a six-year-old Nottinghamshire boy with leukaemia. |
| Joel Picker-Spence, from Farndon, was diagnosed with the condition more than three years ago and had been in remission. | Joel Picker-Spence, from Farndon, was diagnosed with the condition more than three years ago and had been in remission. |
| A special clinic was held last month to find him a bone marrow donor. | A special clinic was held last month to find him a bone marrow donor. |
| But doctors now face a race against time to save his life, as a blood transfusion last week revealed he had suffered a relapse. | But doctors now face a race against time to save his life, as a blood transfusion last week revealed he had suffered a relapse. |
| He will now have to undergo a week of intensive chemotherapy to get him well enough for the transplant. | He will now have to undergo a week of intensive chemotherapy to get him well enough for the transplant. |
| 'Staying positive' | 'Staying positive' |
| His family will then have to wait two weeks to find out whether Joel's life-saving transplant can go ahead. | His family will then have to wait two weeks to find out whether Joel's life-saving transplant can go ahead. |
| But his mother Anne-Marie said she was staying positive. | But his mother Anne-Marie said she was staying positive. |
| "On Friday I went to take Joel for a normal blood transfusion to bring his count back up. | "On Friday I went to take Joel for a normal blood transfusion to bring his count back up. |
| "When I got there Joel's consultant wanted to see me in a room. I thought at first the donor's not going to do it....she said, 'it's [the cancer] back'. | "When I got there Joel's consultant wanted to see me in a room. I thought at first the donor's not going to do it....she said, 'it's [the cancer] back'. |
| "It wasn't what I was expecting at all. This intense treatment will probably be the worst he's ever had. | "It wasn't what I was expecting at all. This intense treatment will probably be the worst he's ever had. |
| "The donor's on the standby for us so let's get on with it and get it done and see how we go. We're all very strong." | "The donor's on the standby for us so let's get on with it and get it done and see how we go. We're all very strong." |
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| Doctors have found a perfect bone-marrow match |
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