By age two, Caroline had been to many doctors’ offices, but no one could find an explanation for her low platelet counts. When a bone marrow biopsy showed that she had myelodysplastic syndrome – a group of diseases that affects the bone and bone marrow – she was admitted to her local hospital that same day. She remained an inpatient for nearly eight months before coming to Memorial Sloan Kettering for a bone marrow transplant.
