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<h1>Irish teen Shan stranded in Hurricane Harvey, 'urgently needs blood transfusion for cancer treatment'</h1>
<ul class="bullets"> <li>Carlow teen raised €700k for treatment in Texas against rare cancer</li> <li>'We could be waiting 10 hours for airlift' - teen and family now stranded in Texas apartment</li> <li>'We need to get to hospital and we don't know how' - Shan's concerned mother</li> </ul>
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<p>Carlow teenager Shauntelle (Shan) Tynan (19) is living in Houston, Texas with her family as she receives treatment in her battle against rare cancer, multi-system Langheran’s cell histiocytosis.</p>
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<p>However, Shauntelle is now stranded in their apartment and is in desperate need of a blood transfusion.</p>
<p>Speaking on RTE Radio One's Today with Sean O'Rourke, Shan's mother Leona said: "We've been here a few months now and everything was going well as expected.</p>
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<p>"Shauntelle underwent her last bout of chemo, ending August 18, so this is the week that her blood counts are dropping by the hour, by the day.</p>
<p>"She's really unwell... She is in need of a blood transfusion and we're trying to get her to the hospital.</p>
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<p>"Texas Children's Hospital are waiting for us, but our apartment complex is surrounded by five feet of water and nobody can get in or out."</p>
<p>Leona explained that they are expecting an air-lift in about eight hours, but the family are growing nervous about the situation.</p>
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<p>"We're on the fourth floor, thankfully, but we're getting fairly battered. It's noisy, it's loud, there's alarms going off every few minutes.</p>
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<p>"We got an email from our apartment complex that they're expecting a lot of more water to enter the building today and we could be without power in the coming hours."</p>
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<ul><li><em>Read more: <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-teen-shauntelle-tynan-faces-worrying-setback-in-the-us-35472956.html">Irish teen Shauntelle Tynan faces 'worrying setback' in the US</a></em></li><li><em>Read more: <a href="https://www.independent.ie/life/family/family-features/heartwarming-moment-irish-teen-tells-her-siblings-public-raised-700k-for-lastchance-cancer-treatment-35456312.html">Heart-warming moment Irish teen tells her siblings public raised €700k for 'last-chance' cancer treatment</a></em></li></ul><p>Leona speaks as Hurricane Harvey, dubbed the '800-year storm', has deluged America's fourth-largest city with devastating floods, with rising water forcing thousands on to rooftops and overwhelming rescuers receiving constant calls for help.</p>
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<p>Rescue services have urged people to get on top of their houses to avoid becoming trapped in attics and to wave sheets or towels to draw attention to their location.</p>
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<p>"But we don't know if they're going to come in by air or water until they make contact with us.</p>
<p>"We're getting more and more anxious because obviously we knew Shauntelle would need bloods by Monday, it's still Sunday night here, we've been talking to the hospital and everything.</p>
<p>"By the time we decided we should go in early, we were in a situation where we couldn't get out of. And nobody could get in."</p>
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<p>The family are currently nursing the teenager themselves and Leona has credited her mother-in-law, who is a retired nurse, as being a "blessing."</p>
<p>Shauntelle currently has a bad infection and has had neutropenic fevers over the last few days, according to her mother.</p>
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<p>"We've called 911 three times and they said we really need to keep them updated.</p>
<p>"They said realistically they could be calling us in 10 minutes, or 10 hours.</p>
<ul><li><em>Read more: <a href="https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/i-really-dont-feel-good-irish-teen-shauntelle-posts-emotional-cancer-edition-makeup-tutorial-35746096.html">'I really don't feel good' - Irish teen Shauntelle posts emotional 'cancer edition' make-up tutorial</a></em></li></ul><p>"They are dealing with thousands upon thousands of people who need to be rescued and they have limited resources."</p>
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<p>Leona said Shan's younger brother, Stephen (11), and sister, Sophie (6) are also in the apartment and they are trying to keep them positive and occupied.</p>
<p>"If we go without power, we've been told it could be four or five days, and we have no idea what we're going to do with them," Leona said.</p>
<p>"We have enough water for another few days, we do still have water coming in but we don't know how long that will last."</p>
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<p>Leona said she struggled to gather enough food supplies for their Texas home as the supermarkets had been emptied.</p>
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