Hope祈新_地中海贫血也能生健康宝宝

一段使用 PGT 技术，带来救命宝宝的希望故事。

 

一对菲律宾的医生夫妇，曾生下一位患有 [甲型海洋性贫血重症] 的儿子。患有甲型海洋性贫血疾病的患者，不能生产任何负责在身体周围携带氧气的功能性a球蛋白。一般这类疾病的婴儿，在母亲的子宫中或出生後不久，便会因严重贫血缺氧而死亡，但儿子奇迹般地幸存下来！

 

 

 

 

（图片出自：Alab Caringal 粉丝专页）

只是儿子 Alab 每2-3周，都需忍受针刺输血以为生。他是菲律宾第一位和唯一医疗案例的幸存者，同时也是全世界报告的极少数病例之一。夫妇远渡重洋来到祈新妇产科，经由 PGD（现称为PGT-M） 技术筛检，生了一位健康且 HLA 符合的妹妹，可以藉脐带血、干细胞移植技术，救援大儿子Alab。妹妹就是人称的「救命宝宝」，为哥哥带来新生希望。

 

以下为夫妇的分享

 

我们夫妇都是菲律宾的医生。我们将祈新不孕症妇产科作为首选，是因为我们写信询问过东南亚所有不孕症妇产科，只有祈新妇产科的陈俊凯医生亲自回覆我们的信件与提问。

 

祈新妇产科的服务人员，非常亲切友善。特别是协助我们这样的外国人，他们极为乐於协助我们。多亏祈新妇产科的帮忙，我们能够成功完成IVF(试管婴儿） 和 PDG (移植前基因诊断)，为我们带来极大帮助。

我们在此替祈新妇产科加油！希望祈新能够帮助更多，像我们一样需要帮助的家庭。非常感谢。

他们的完整故事请至： https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCfUB1Kw5VI&feature=share

Follow Alab's journey and progress at:
https://www.facebook.com/alabcaringal/
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This is the story of a little boy named Alexander Benedict P. Caringal or Alab for short. He has been diagnosed to have Alpha Thalassemia Major or 4-Gene Deletion Alpha Thalassemia. He was born premature at 29 weeks with a failing heart, for which he stayed in the Neonatal ICU for 3 and a half months. 

Alab's story is one for the books. He miraculously defied insurmountable odds. He is the 1st and only survivor of this condition in the Philippines and is amongst the very very few cases reported worldwide. 

His journey has been an inspiration and ray of hope to many people, especially to families who have been going through similar situations.

Alab has been developing well, with no current medical problems, but requires lifetime blood transfusions every 3 weeks to keep his hemoglobin within normal range. The only known and acceptable cure to Alpha Thalassemia Major is a Bone Marrow Transplant, which he will be undergoing in the near future. This is his only chance to rid him of the blood transfusions and its future complications.