So young and such a fighter.
Some of my blog readers have recently asked about Baby Jack … you may remember that I blogged about him earlier this year. Baby Jack, born November 2008, was born beautiful, healthy, the fourth baby of Janet and Nel Pereira. But shortly after his birth, something terrible happened … Baby Jack, just a few months old, faced the uncertainity of death … rushed to Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, his parents were devastated to discover that their sweet little baby boy was unable to produce red blood cells due to a rare condition called Diamond Blackfan Anaemia (DBA), which causes bone marrow failure.
Since then, Baby Jack’s health has been on a roller coaster ride of regular blood transfusions in order to live. He receives blood every 19 to 30 days and has already needed six transfusions. Some days, while the older two siblings are in school, Baby Jack, his mom and his four year old sister will spend their entire day, waiting at Sick Kids Hospital for Jack’s blood transfusions. Sadly, Jack will continue to rely on blood donors for the rest of his life unless he goes into remission or more likely, doctors decide he is candidate for a stem cell transplant.
In honor of Baby Jack’s fight for health, the Pereira family will be hosting a blood donor drive today in Orangeville at the Best Western Hotel, 7 Buena Vista Drive .
If you can done blood, I urge you to participate! I’m sure Baby Jack might be in attendance to tahnk you with his most adorable smile in the whole wide world! 🙂
You can read more about Baby Jack on his blog: www.littlebabyjackjack.blogspot.com
by Gigi
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