Husein began chemotherapy and Abdalla requested emergency leave to visit him in hospital near his home on the Swiss border with Germany. It was scary.”Doctors soon realised chemotherapy might not be enough to cure Husein, so ran tests to check if Abdalla could donate stem cells to his brother. “Abdalla told me I would be OK and we would go on holiday together again soon. That gave me belief I could overcome this.”When lockdown sent the plan into chaos, the brothers were in despair. It was very emotional.”Days later, Husein had the transplant, the first from a sibling to be carried out in Switzerland.

Source: Daily Mirror September 17, 2020 18:00 UTC