HE is finally well enough to be back
home with his family.
Luke Hartley, the youngest of four
Hampshire brothers to undergo lifesaving
treatment to cure him of a genetic
condition, is at last back in Romsey.
The eight-year-old, pictured, suffered
two seizures while in London's Great
Ormond Street Hospital last week, but
was well enough to come home at the
weekend.
Luke underwent a bone marrow transplant
to cure him of X-linked lymphoproliferative
syndrome (XLP) in
November and then spent Christmas
and New Year in an isolation room
while his immune system rebuilt.
He returned home in January but had
to go back to hospital in April after
contracting a virus.
Dad David said: "We are just grateful
that he has recovered so well and so
quickly and we are amazed that he is
now home.
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"He is now very well. There is no sign
of temperatures and he is gradually
starting to eat solid food again."
All four Hartley boys - Joshua, 16,
Nathan, 14, and 12-year-old Daniel -
were diagnosed with XLP in November
2003. The life-threatening condition left
them with no immunity against illnesses
such as cancer of the blood and
glandular fever.
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