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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Brandon Weiss: Still seeking a transplant.
don, Weiss said Layne looked
at him and said, "Daddy, my
Special to The Jewish News
brother isn't getting better."
Brandon has been given
between a one in 10,000 and
t has been one year since
a one in 40,000 chance of
Arthur Weiss' public plea
finding a compatible bone
for help in locating a
marrow donor.
bone marrow donor for his
Prayers, said Weiss, are
now three-year-old son Bran-
what Brandon needs right
don, who suffers from aplastic
now. He also needs people to
anemia, a fatal condition.
continue to come forward for
No donor has been found as
blood testing. The simple
yet, but because a significant
blood analysis determines
number of platelet donors
HLA characteristics — blood
stepped forward, "that's one
tissue type. Results of the
of the reasons Brandon has
blood analysis .can be sent to
done as well as he has," said
either "Life for Brandon" or
his father.
to the American Association
Brandon's prognosis re-
mains as before: His doctors '.. of Bone Marrow Registries,
where they will be matched
feel that the boy is living on
for suitability for Brandon
borrowed time.
and others who need a bone
Generally, 90 percent of
marrow transplant.
children diagnosed with ap-
Eastern European Jews
lastic anemia do not survive
and Italians were deter-
longer than six months after
mined, in Brandon's case, to
diagnosis. "Thank heaven
be the best possibility for tis-
Brandon has beat that by a
sue matching, said Weiss.
considerable extent," said
These findings were deter-
Weiss. "In the meantime, we
mined by a profile done by
keep hoping that a suitable
Wayne State University:
donor will be found, that
"It's not to say that a white
some medical breakthrough
Anglo-Saxon Protestant
will happen, where the mat-
wouldn't be a match," he
ter can be treated without a
said. The survey just "im-
transplant, or that a spon-
proves odds a little."
taneous remission would oc-
New fundraising efforts are
cur."
being planned for this year.
The Weiss family, natur-
Last year's efforts were
ally, has been affected by the
highly successful, both in
child's condition.
funding the registries and in
Brandon must visit the
finding platelet donors for
hospital three times a week
Brandon, said Weiss.
for AB positive blood transfu-
sions, and Weiss calls to
J.P. McCarthy of WJR
check on his son's progress.
Radio helped in the cause by
Work is a blessing, he says,
involving the Bowling Prop-
since it gives him a chance to
rietors of Greater Detroit and
turn his mind to other things.
Michigan. Cass Sicilia, execu-
His wife Gayle tries to stay
tive secretary, encouraged
out of the public eye, and, de-
the posting of flyers and the
spite her age, Brandon's
sale of raffle tickets in major
four-year-old sister Layne
bowling centers.
"realizes that something isn't
For information on donor
quite right," said Weiss.
matching or the fundraising
Last winter, after a visit
activities, call Arthur Weiss,
with her father to see Bran-
855-5888.
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