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A young, tireless fighter: 5-year-old East Hall boy battles rare blood disease
Jeremiah Nash may need marrow transplant to overcome Bernard-Soulier syndrome
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Jeremiah Nash, 5, listens as his mom Beronica talks about Jeremiah’s Bernard-Soulier syndrome, a rare genetic disease marked by uncontrollable bleeding, Wednesday at their Gainesville home. Beronica had to quit her job at the Hall County Clerk of Courts to be Jeremiah’s full-time caregiver. - photo by Erin O. Smith
For young Jeremiah Nash, the waiting continues. To keep him alive, the 5-year-old East Hall County boy’s mother, Beronica Nash, takes him every other Thursday to Children’s Hospital of Atlanta at Egleston for blood transfusions. But a bone marrow transplant may be the ultimate treatment for Jeremiah’s Bernard-Soulier syndrome, a rare genetic disease marked by uncontrollable bleeding.