Splash’s Wyss Diagnosed With Blood Disorder

Splash forward Oliver Wyss has been diagnosed with aplastic anemia, the team announced Wednesday.

Wyss, 20, a Swiss native who was a rookie on last year’s squad, was scheduled to receive a bone marrow transplant from his 29-year-old brother Wednesday at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte.

Aplastic anemia is a rare blood disorder that causes an unexplained failure of the marrow to produce blood cells. Although the exact cause is unknown, the disease has been linked to radiation, environmental toxins, insecticides and drugs.