Alness youngster Adeline Davidson receives bone marrow transplant at Glasgow Royal Children’s Hospital
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A brave four-year-old from Alness appears to be on the road to recovery after undergoing a bone marrow transplant.
Adeline Davidson underwent the procedure at Glasgow Royal Children’s Hospital earlier this month, having received days of chemotherapy treatment in the run-up to the operation.
She had waited two years for the transplant to combat a rare form of blood cancer, facing several heart-wrenching setbacks and many false starts along the way.
She has been kept alive over the past 25 months thanks to scores of blood transfusions, with mum Steph Davidson campaigning to help encourage the donations for Adeline and others.
Following the procedure she, along with Adeline’s dad Jordan, faced a wait to see whether Adeline’s neutrophils – a type of white blood cell – would rise, showing it had been successful.
Mrs Davidiosn said on Tuesday that blood tests confirmed the presence of neutrophils.
“There’s the first sign that it’s working and we are over the moon,” she said.
Despite the positive signs Adeline will need to remain in isolation with her mum until her condition stabilises.
“We have to wait until they’re at a point where we can come out of isolation,” Mrs Davidson said.
“And even as it goes up we still have a long way to go.
“We have to make sure through tests that the DNA is the donor’s and not Adeline’s.”