Transplant for children and teens

When your child or teen is diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, your entire family is impacted. Depending on your child’s age, your needs—and theirs—may be different before, during and after a blood stem cell transplant (also known as a blood or marrow transplant or bone marrow transplant). Explore the resources and support available for you and your family.

It's natural for your child to have questions about blood stem cell transplant. Use the animated Ava + Bo video series (Opens in a new tab) to help answer the questions your child has about the transplant process and what to expect. Ava—who got a transplant for leukemia as a child—is now a young teen who shares tips and stories from her experience to help other kids.

A transplant is life changing for a teenager—in both good ways and bad. With change comes a lot of questions about friendships, schoolwork and life after transplant. Get answers to common questions.

A transplant affects everyone in your family. Access tools and resources to help you and your family prepare for and cope with your child’s transplant.

Transplant and recovery can be stressful for everyone in the family, including brothers and sisters. Learn about the signs of stress to watch for in siblings and get tips on how to help them cope.