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Linda Eckstein, a nurse practitioner at UW Hospital, checks the strength of Renetta Waupoose's hands and arms last week. In October, Waupoose was the first adult patient at the hospital to receive a transplant of umbilical-cord blood, previously given only to children. The 23-year-old from Keshena has leukemia.

Medical assistant Andres Sousa takes Renetta Waupoose's temperature last week at UW Hospital. Waupoose travels three hours from her home in Keshena to the hospital for checkups once a week after receiving a transplant of umbilical-cord blood in October.

Renetta Waupoose, left, and nurse practitioner Linda Eckstein talk about Renetta's health last week at UW Hospital. Though Waupoose has had some side effects from the transplant of umbilical-cord blood in October, her leukemia is in remission.

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