‘Flare-Up’ Puts Holan Back In the Hospital
Mighty Duck defenseman Milos Holan is in stable condition at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte after being readmitted to the hospital because of a complication in his recovery from a bone marrow transplant.
Holan returned to the hospital Saturday, two days after going home for the first time since undergoing a Feb. 21 marrow transplant to treat his leukemia.
Dr. David Snyder, associate director of the hospital’s department of hematology and bone marrow transplantation, said Holan’s condition was “a flare-up.” Doctors readmitted Holan so they could administer intravenous medication for a complication known as graft-versus-host disease.
“It’s part of the whole healing process,” Snyder said.
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