My sister (49) was diagnosed with ALL Aug. of 07. She is on her 7th round of chemo. She had severe reactions to Vincristine and L-aspariginase. The chemo effected all her internal organs. She has had a severe fungal infection in her lung for the last 7 months. She goes into the hospital every day for intervenous fungal medicines which have not helped. She had part of her lung removed to remove a big dead area that was destroyed by the fungus. When the surgeon opened her lung he found that the fungus was not just contained in the dead area as they thought, but had spread throughout her lung and in fact had blown 4 holes in her lung. They tried to patch her lung with her own flesh, but now that she had her next round of chemo, the patches blew off. Her doctor is planning a stem cell transplant in the very near future, however the medicine that she needs for the transplant is something that the fungus loves and thrives on. They told her that she is very high risk. She is very nervous. My question would be, has anyone successfully treated a fungal infection and if so, how. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this and answer my question. Lynn