My name is Luan Smathers & I want to
tell you about my brother, Barry Burton
(all his friends & family call him "Byrd").
Most of you don't know that he was
diagnosed with Myleodysplastic
Syndrome (a rare form of blood cancer)
in 1999 but fought hard to get the
disease into remission. He had been in
remission for over 7 years, but in
May 2007 he was informed that the
leukemia had returned. His only chance for
survival now is induction chemotherapy to
try to get the leukemia in remission,
followed by a stem cell transplant to
rebuild his bone marrow. He will be in
Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville and his
treatment will take approximately 6-9
months. He has already been through the
only available treatment, which is a
specialized kind of chemotherapy, and a
clinical trial of growth inhibitors to try to
get his marrow to produce blood cells.
Basically, his marrow just doesn't produce
blood cells anymore & the doctors feel this
tell you about my brother, Barry Burton
(all his friends & family call him "Byrd").
Most of you don't know that he was
diagnosed with Myleodysplastic
Syndrome (a rare form of blood cancer)
in 1999 but fought hard to get the
disease into remission. He had been in
remission for over 7 years, but in
May 2007 he was informed that the
leukemia had returned. His only chance for
survival now is induction chemotherapy to
try to get the leukemia in remission,
followed by a stem cell transplant to
rebuild his bone marrow. He will be in
Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville and his
treatment will take approximately 6-9
months. He has already been through the
only available treatment, which is a
specialized kind of chemotherapy, and a
clinical trial of growth inhibitors to try to
get his marrow to produce blood cells.
Basically, his marrow just doesn't produce
blood cells anymore & the doctors feel this
leukemia in 1999.
I CANNOT TELL YOU how much we appreciate the out pouring of care, support, phone
calls, e-mails, cards, letters and prayers for him. It has truly been
AMAZING!! (Now there's another meaning to "The Amazing Rhythm Aces" for me.)
Please keep him in your prayers.
Trusting in Christ!
Luan
I CANNOT TELL YOU how much we appreciate the out pouring of care, support, phone
calls, e-mails, cards, letters and prayers for him. It has truly been
AMAZING!! (Now there's another meaning to "The Amazing Rhythm Aces" for me.)
Please keep him in your prayers.
Trusting in Christ!
Luan
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