Plasma Exchange

Taylor is currently undergoing a treatment to improve his vision and possibly help his headache. He will receive 1 treatment every other day for 7 treatments. Each treatment is approximately 1.5-2 hours long.

During his Plasma Exchange, Taylor is hooked up to a machine. with one iv in the right arm and one iv in the left. As the machine sucks his blood out of one arm it mixes with an anticoagulant and saline. While in the machine, his plasma is separated from his blood and replaced with a plasma substitute. This mixture then returns to his body. With this, his body should produce new and health antibodies to heal his optic nerves. His current antibodies are attacking his optic nerves causing swelling, resulting in loss of vision. Taylor's first treatment was yesterday, 1/8/10. His second treatment will be tomorrow.

We are hopeful the Plasma Exchange will improve his vision and remove his headache.

More information about Plasma Exchange:
http://www.cidpusa.org/plasma.html