Yesterday I called Khalid in HKL, he said the doctor told him that he need to have another transplant…His first transplant was on 6/12/2004, 6days before he turned 17. It was a tough period for him…he was completely irradiated, blood cells was ZERO! he received my stem cells that was harvested in October that year. It was my first unforgettable experience…I never admitted to the hospital for any kind of reasons….But that time I had to stay for 5days, 3days for harvesting process and 2 days for stem cells apheresis. They injected me everyday with Neupogen, a growth factor that will stimulate my stem cells to produce more and more blood. By the 2nd day my back and pelvic bones become painful due to busy working marrow to produce more blood cells….macam overtime work la…
The next day, they sent me to the Haematology clinic and attached me to the apheresis machine…They inserted a large bore needle…besar gile…to my right basilic vein…rasenye…alhamdulillah the nurses there were all experts…skali cocok je dah dapat…another needle was inserted on my left hand so that one will be output, my blood will be sucked into the machine that will recognize the stem cells and separated it into a pine and later the other blood cells will go into my body back through the needle at my left hand… It was really an exhausting 4 hours…but I’m really glad that these stem cells will help my brother to be healthy again…. One day collection is not enough, I’ve got to undergo the same procedure the next morning….
Khalid survived with my stem cells for nearly 2 years..but now my blood cannot help him anymore…it become malignant back…I always pray to Allah as long as I’m healthy he will be too… but maybe Allah wants us to pray harder… I’ve a complete trust in Allah…He hears all and will answer our supplications…There must be a hikmah atas apa yang berlaku..
This time the doctor wants to try Zubair’s or Omar’s blood pulak…The 3 of us have the same HLA with Khalid…Last time I was the one because Zubair have to sit for PMR that year and very thin too…I don’t think he have enough blood. Hopefully this time Khalid will be OK…by Allah’s will.
We are very lucky and Allah is very fair…there are 6 of us adik beradik and 3 of us have the same HLA. We should be very thankful to Him.There is a patient that needs to undergo transplant, he had 9 siblings but none of them are matched to his HLA.
“If you ask, then ask of Allah, and if you seek help, then seek it from Allah…”
