Overview
- Thirteen-year-old Millie Fairley from Eastbourne was diagnosed with rare aplastic anaemia after headaches, bruising, fainting and a rash led to hospital tests.
- Doctors say she needs a stem cell transplant, and no relatives matched as a donor.
- Her care includes transfer to King’s College Hospital with ongoing treatment at Brighton Royal Children’s Hospital, and she remains in isolation due to infection risk.
- Her family has launched a public search with the charity DKMS to find a compatible unrelated donor.
- DKMS says joining the register takes about 10 minutes with a health questionnaire and mouth swabs, and about nine in ten donations are via peripheral blood collection with support provided.