The mother of a family of Stoneham in remission after having been convicted of

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Lyne Bouchard, and her two girls that she was only able to see two times 10 minutes during his hospitalizations during his bone marrow transplant.

Catherine Bouchard

Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:04

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The mother of a family, in which we gave six months to live due to cancer of the skin and lymph nodes, is finally in remission after having miraculously found a bone marrow donor compatible with it.

In September 2016, the days of Lyne Bouchard, 37 years old, were counted. Achievement of a cutaneous lymphoma of T-type, accompanied by the syndrome of Sézary, the mother of a family of Stoneham was not responding to chemotherapy. Her body ” rejected “. His only option was the bone marrow transplant.

However, Héma-Québec had no compatible donor. “I couldn’t believe that it ended there “, she says.

After having launched a cry of the heart in social networks and the media in February 2017, the wife of Stoneham has received the call so hoped a few days later. After a wave of donations to the Héma-Québec, a donor has been found.

Complications

Ms. Bouchard is a member of the hospital from 30 march to 19 April last, and from 6 may to 6 June. If the stress of hospitalization has not been any rest, all was worth the effort.

“The first stay, I have seen my daughters twice in only 10 minutes. The second, I don’t have views at all. I have Skype and I’ve talked to on the phone “, she explains.

The transplant has brought its share of complications.

She has lost 25 pounds. It also suffers from the disease of the graft, which, strangely, is ” almost good news “, according to Ms. Bouchard. “It means that the transplant has worked “, she summarizes.

It is an immune reaction of healthy cells of the donor against the recipient.

Being born a second time

The skin of the mother of the family was covered with rashes. “I had the skin plastered, blackish. She came back like that of a baby, ” she says.

Her health, she was found as a child comes into the world. “I’m like a child who has just been born. We leave in nine. I’m going to get my vaccines for the baby. I’m starting a second life “, delights to Ms. Bouchard.

It reminds us of the importance of the donations, whether of blood or bone marrow. “I can never be thankful enough to the person who gave me the chance to start over,” she continued.

Following the media coverage of the state of Ms. Bouchard, over 700 people have asked for kits donor to Héma-Québec. The wife found his donor in the days that followed.