Nightmare is over for Hartley brothers
 |
| Back to school for Luke Hartley watched by older brother Daniel and mum and dad David and Allison. |
TWO Hampshire parents were today celebrating the end of one of the toughest and longest journeys any family could ever go through.
This morning David and Allison Hartley were finally able to draw a line under their fight against a killer genetic condition that affected all four of their young sons.
Today, youngest son Luke - the last of the brothers to be cured of the dangerous condition - was due to return to school.
Back in 2003, David and Allison received the devastating news that all four of their boys had the extremely rare X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (XLP).
The only cure was a gruelling bone marrow transplant for each boy.
Joshua, 16, Nathan, 14, and 12-year-old Daniel all underwent successful procedures but Luke needed two attempts before doctors were successful.
A virus and complications from the second transplant have kept him off school until today.
Full story in today's Daily Echo
9:24am Wednesday 9th July 2008
Print 
Email this 
CommentPosted by: sally, southampton on 9:38am Wed 9 Jul 08
This is such lovely news! What a wonderful close family they are, it has been such a long process for them all. Wishing them happy times x
This is such lovely news! What a wonderful close family they are, it has been such a long process for them all. Wishing them happy times x
Posted by: sailor sam, portsmouth on 10:15am Wed 9 Jul 08
How great it is to read some good news, especially when it concerns such a nice, close family. I do hope that, by the time these lads become parents, research will have come up with a way to eliminate this problem. Good luck lads.
How great it is to read some good news, especially when it concerns such a nice, close family. I do hope that, by the time these lads become parents, research will have come up with a way to eliminate this problem. Good luck lads.
Posted by: Sceptic, Waterside on 2:04pm Wed 9 Jul 08
I don't know them and i've never met them but after reading that i dont care if it carries on raining for a month...there are far more important things.Really fantastic news!
I don't know them and i've never met them but after reading that i dont care if it carries on raining for a month...there are far more important things.Really fantastic news!
Posted by: Rich on 2:19pm Wed 9 Jul 08
Brilliant news.
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
