HI friends.
So many of you I haven’t heard from in a long while, while others already know the details of the following situation. I’m not going to go into too many details here, so here’s the short version: My dear friend from college, Hayley, has been battling lymphoma for nearly a year and a half. She learned earlier this week that her cancer has returned just a month after a stem cell transplant. So they are now moving towards a bone marrow transplant, and she is in desperate need of a donor. They will start scouring the national registry next week to find her a donor (neither of her sisters are a match…), and so this email to you is somewhat of a plea to consider going immediately to your local blood institute to be typed & listed in the national registry. There is a cost involved (somewhere around $20). And I believe you can register online & have a kit mailed to you as well, although this costs even more. You have to be between the ages of 18-60 and NOT pregnant. So if you ARE pregnant, you couldn’t currently donate…but maybe your spouse will?? J You can go to the following website to find a local donor center :
http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Join_the_Donor_Registry/Join_in_Person/US_Donor_Centers/dc_list_by_state.pl
Please, please consider getting tested & registered. The sooner you get this done, the more likely you'll be on the registry when they check for Hayley next week! And, if you're not a match for Hayley, you may be able to help save someone else’s life.
Just so you can put a face to her name…here’s Hayley with her husband, Brandy, and their sweet baby girl, Emerson.
And if being a donor is something you are not able to do at this time for any reason, simply keep them in your prayers. The grace of God is getting them through each day, and I know they appreciate every prayer sent up on their behalf.
Thanks, Casey
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