The match : "savior siblings" and one family's battle to heal their daughter / Beth Whitehouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitehouse, Beth, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trebing, Katie--Health.

Trebing, Katie.

Anemia in children--Patients--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Anemia in children.

Bone marrow--Transplantation--Patients--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Bone marrow.

Pure red cell aplasia--Patients--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Pure red cell aplasia.

Fertilization in vitro, Human.

Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

My Sister's Keeper in nonfiction: a family's real-life struggle to cure their daughter by creating her genetic match Katie Trebing was diagnosed at three months old with Diamond Blackfan anemia, a rare form of anemia that prevents bone marrow from producing red blood cells. Even with a lifetime of monthly blood transfusions, she faced a poor prognosis. 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.

Contents:

Intro

The Match"Savior Siblings" and One Family's Battle to Heal Their Daughter

Prelude

1: "Mind If I Take One Last Ski Run?"

2: "What Do You Think It Is?"

3: "Never in a Million Years"

4: "This Is a Beautiful Embryo"

5: "For Them, the Dice Are a Bit Loaded"

6: "This Is for Desperate Couples"

7: "We Have Incomplete Information"

8: "I Could Never Do That"

9: "Why Me? Why This?"

10: "I Wish We Hadn't Done It"

11: "The Easter Bunny Would Be Jealous"

12: "Come On, Baby"

13: "Take an Additional Folic Acid, in Case It's Twins"

14: "Things Look Really Good"

15: "So Much of Who We Are Happens at the Beginning"

16: "It's Hard to Tell Parents, 'Don't Do This' "

17: "There's No Black-and-White Answer"

18: "We're Not Going to Stop the Future"

19: "It's a Boy!"

20: "I Like This Place a Lot"

21: "Now It's Crunch Time"

22: "You Conceived Your Son for This?"

23: "Will I Get Handcuffed with My Kids?"

24: "This Is Mind-Boggling"

25: "Being a Mom Is the Coolest Gift"

26: "It's Now or Never"

27: "Bubba's My Brother"

28: "Good Luck"

29: "Her Body Is Healing"

30: "Why Are You Taking the Lights Down?"

31: "Back Up and Bling-Bling"

32: "It Goes So Fast"

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8070-9775-6

OCLC:

607553719