PA MediaThe mother of a three-month-old baby girl diagnosed with a rare blood disorder is urging people to sign the stem cell register in a bid to save her daughter’s life.
Doctors initially suspected Dolcie-Mae Edwards-Raymond, from Newport, had a viral infection when she fell ill and failed to gain weight.
However, she was just four weeks old when her parents were told Dolcie-Mae has hemophagocytic lymphohistiocystosis (HLH) – a life-threatening disorder if left untreated or not diagnosed promptly.
The infant must now remain in hospital until a matching stem cell donor can be found.
HLH is an immune deficiency disorder which happens when certain types of white blood cells, known as histiocytes and lymphocytes, become overactive and attack…