The Match: "Savior Siblings" and One Family's Battle to Heal Their Daughter
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (823 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080700121X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 255 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Beth Whitehouse follows the Trebings as they make the decision to create a genetically matched sibling using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and in vitro fertilization, and proceed with a risky bone-marrow transplant that could kill their daughter rather than save her. The Match is a timely and provocative look at urgent issues that can only become more complex and pressing as genetic and reproductive technologies advance.. My Sister’s Keeper in nonfiction: a family’s r
Pamela Robinson said 'Savior Siblings' and painful choices. In "The Match: "Savior Siblings" and One Family's Battle to Heal their Daughter," reporter Beth Whitehouse recounts the agonizing but ultimately triumphant story that follows a family's discovery that their newborn daughter had a disease that could have eventually killed her.That disease, Diamond Blackfan anemia, alone would have been difficult enough to handle. But Stacy and Steve Trebing eventually learned of a possible cure for Katie's illness, one that required serious soul searching, with longterm ramifications for their family.They decided to seek a bone marrow tran. I wanted the story, not medical commentay Dawn L. Moore I liked the story, but it was very hard to find it in this book since the author spent way too much of the book trying to convince the reading that the medical procedures the family used are morally acceptable.. Inspirational, real-life struggle and triumph Jeanine Debar When the 5-day series that preceded this book ran in Newsday, I couldn't wait for the paper to come each day to find out what happened to this family, and especially to Katie. When I learned of the book, I had to read it to find out how the Trebings were now; to make sure all was well.The book exceeded my expectations. Even though I knew the general story (from the Newsday series), I couldn't put it down. Whitehouse writes with such warmth and detail that you feel like you are sitting at the kitchen table or around Katie's hospital bed with this family, weighing in on wha
When he was a year old, needles were inserted into the anesthetized baby's hips and his marrow siphoned to be transfused into Katie. From Publishers Weekly Expanding on her five-part Newsday series , Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Whitehouse tracks Stacy and Steve Trebing and their decision to create a baby boy selected as an embryo as a genetic match for a sister suffering from Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a rare and fatal disease. The process, Whitehouse tells us, would either cure her or kill her. (Apr.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . As Whitehouse follows the Trebings from Katie's diagnosis through Christopher's conception via in vitro fertilization to Katie's painful but successful bone-marrow transfusion, she also touches on some of the ethical