Families with children that need treatments for primary immune deficiency have to cover a lot of medical bills. A huge amount of money. Gammaglobulin infusions can cost up to $12,000 dollars, this includes the room fee & all the labs taken during the visit.
Andy used to get gammaglobulin infusions every two weeks before receiving Sofia’s stem cells.
This story from the NY Times talks about the Dorsett family from Indiana that filed for bankrupcy when the bills started coming in..
Mr. Dorsett, who works on commercial heating and air conditioning systems, sometimes stitching together 90-hour weeks, earns $68,000 a year. It is more money than his father ever made, but not enough to cover the bills, especially with the monthly infusions starting.
Read the article via New York Times here.
