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I was gonna say, walking around with someone else's blood sounds like it'd make for an entertaining crime drama episode.
While not a "crime drama", Chimerism is also the main diagnosis in an episode of House: http://house.wikia.com/wiki/Cane_%26_Able
My own son who is just 1 y/o was just diagnosed with leukemia (ALL pre-B) a few weeks ago 2 days after Christmas and it has been a very rough road. I really hope we won't have to find a bone marrow donor since we have cord blood but that blood could be 'tainted'. Hoping to avoid additional drugs for rejection.
Good to have someone else to follow along with. I've posted a similar blog for my son over at (http://www.noahkeck.com). Would appreciate any prayers and positive thoughts, etc.
Good for him! Flash of insight: a big part of why he was able to do this, is because he put himself in the public arena and allowed himself to become a celebrity (in some sense). As someone who is a little scared of becoming famous, this is a wake-up call. I always focus on the negative aspects (eg being judged) of being known to many people. But if Amit had been as much of as a fraidycat as me, he might not have got…