Monday, August 21
12:00-2:00
Outback Steakhouse
945 25th Avenue
Coralville, Iowa
Brandon has had an amazing journey with cancer. Here is the bio that his parents sent us:
Brandon had a virus in March 2005, which cased him to go into Acute Liver Failure. The doctors stated that Brandon would need a liver transplant. Brandon was then transported by air to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois where he received a live donor liver transplant from his Uncle Mike from Texas, (his mother’s brother). After that was done and everything was going smoothly with his recovery, his platelet counts began to drop dangerously low in July, and in October Brandon was diagnosed with Severe Aplastic Anemia, and would soon be in need of a bone marrow transplant. In November, Brandon was hospitalized for a week while they tried to use an ATG (ATGAM) treatment, but it had no effect on the disease. The doctors believe the same, unknown virus that killed Brandon's liver also attacked his bone marrow. On February 9, 2006 Brandon was admitted to Iowa City Children's hospital where he began chemotherapy to rid his body of the old bone marrow and prep for the new. Brandon's brother Ryan (13) and his sister Kayla (9) both tested as perfect matches for Brandon, and it was decided that Ryan was the one. On February 14, 2006 (Valentines Day) Brandon received his new Bone Marrow from his big brother. Today Brandon’s counts are normal, and his DNA last came back at 97% Donor cells. Thank you to God and medical research for making this possible, and helping us keep our little boy :)
~ Austin and Tom
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