A Perth mum is donating her stem cells to her younger brother this Christmas after he was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year.
Kathryn Symons is donating her stem cells to her brother Timothy Davison, who was diagnosed with leukemia seven months ago. "On the Monday my gums were bleeding, which is very random," Davison told 9News.The 37-year-old was medically evacuated to Royal Perth Hospital receiving a shock diagnosis of T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.
"There was blood clots in his brain, and then he became paralysed down his right side," Davison's wife Kodie McEvoy told 9News.
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