My father was diagnosed with MDS with the P53 mutation about 5 weeks ago. He had the first – 10 day- dose of decitabine starting on January 7th. On January 18th we consulted with Dana-Farber for a possible bone marrow transplant but he is not a candidate. His once a week blood transfusion quickly turned into receiving blood and platelets ever other day, alternate days. He is being treated for 2 different infections. His counts are very low (WBC 160, neutrophils 20 and platelets 8), even after receiving the transfusions. From experience, does this sound like the end stage of a short battle? How long can one survive with receiving blood everyday? This all happened so fast and I am having a hard time processing everything.