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Loading ...Last week while watching the Red Sox game my husband thought he heard them announce that Sergeant Kevin Mercier’s son, Nicholas, was having a bone marrow transplant. This was during their annual fundraiser for the Jimmy Fund and they were telling of many people fighting health battles. I have been looking in the newspapers and have not seen or heard anything. Nicholas is often thought of and we pray for him. The turnout for the bone marrow drive at the Sturbridge Host a few months back was a great success. Does anyone know anything and have some good news?
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TRC August 27th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
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Hopeful, in resopnse to your post, I reached out to Detective Mark Saloio of the Sturbridge Police Department, who provided the following information.
Tom,
Here’s a quick update about Nick Mercier. He currently is in Mass Childrens’ Hospital-Boston, after having successfully undergoing a bone marrow transplant last Friday. He is doing well, all things considered, and Kevin and Traci Mercier want to extend a very grateful thankyou to everyone for their thoughts and prayers for Nick. As it turns out, Nick was a 100% match to his little brother Brayden, so the staff was able to obtain Nick’s transplant sample from his own brother!! That means there’s much less chance for any adverse reactions to the new marrow.
The next few weeks will be very much touch and go, as the medical staff are waiting for his cell numbers relating to his blood counts to rise…This, I am told, can take anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks. During that time, Nick is EXTREMELY vulnerable to infections, and must remain in an essentially sterile environment. They had to completely erradicate all of his marrow prior to the transplant, so he’s been through quite a battle.
Please relay to anyone inquiring how grateful the Merciers and the Sturbridge Police are for their concerns and prayers. Also, if anyone would like, they can go to www.carepages.com, register (free), and log into nicholasmercier (one word)…After registering and logging into Nick’s site, they can receive e-mail updates as to his conditions on just about a daily basis…..It’s a great way of keeping up with things, and the mercier family can see how many people log on….This also provides them with positive re-inforcement…..Please let me know if anyone needs any additional info…. thanks again on behalf of the Merciers and the Sturbridge Police.
Detective Mark Saloio