Michael Jr. is just 4 years old and is going to help his baby brothers get a much-needed bone marrow transplant. The solution: a bone marrow transplant. "Umbilical cord blood transplants are essentially the same procedure" as a bone marrow transplant, Leiding said. But she didn't expect the twins to match each other; she worried that Michael would match only one of the two. Pownall says the money will be used primarily for medical expenses but also to help them settle into a new home.
Source: CNN March 02, 2018 22:41 UTC