Neal H.

At diagnosis, he was in stage four, the most advanced cancer

Neal (Bugsy) Dennett Hutchinson had just turned four years old when he was diagnosed with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, a non-Hodgkins cancer. At diagnosis, he was in stage four, the most advanced cancer. Luckily for him, the doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado were ready to promote a bone marrow transplant as his best hope for cure. He went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he was the youngest candidate ever for a stem cell transplant. The developers of the Cobe apheresis machine sent all of their top people to watch as Neal was hooked up for his 8 day, 8 hour per day apheresis.