Tuesday 15 May 2007

My Daughter Could Die Every Three Weeks

Sophie Perren suffers from the rare immune system disorder, cyclical neutropenia, which means that not only is she more prone to infections generally, but every two to three weeks she is at serious risk of catching an infection she will be unable to fight. Even a drink from a dirty cup could result in death within hours.

She has already suffered two bouts of pneumonia, four of septicaemia, numerous throat, ear and chest infections as well as a respiratory virus similar to Sars. Sophie has been hospitalised more than 100 times, resuscitated at least 30 times and been given countless courses of antibiotics.

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