[BenLurkin]

“Be the Match”
http://marrow.org/Home.aspx

[dadfly]

Lord, i ask that you this man and his family, please.

bone marrow registry is a good thing. relatively easy to register as a donor back in the day.

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Praying now.

[AKA Elena]

My granddaughter had the adult form of acute monocytic leukemia, diagnosed when she was 9 ... by accident and she already had a blastic tumor in her shin bone and was in stage 4 when discovered. I explained the bone marrow program innumerable times here on FR and other news exchanges on line ... and the life or lives that could be saved through this small program back then. I also told of the wisdom of umbilical cords and their possible saving of lives that are contained in their being tested and stored for future use.

Jennifer is now 24 and received her random bone marrow transplant from some wonderful man in PA, even while she lived here in Southern California, when she was close to or had just turned 12.

As a Kaiser Patient we held several possible donor drives right here in the Antelope Valley of upper L.A. county,in the three years of shots and chemo, while we waited in prayerful mode for that generous person who might have matched.

Her surgery was performed at the City of Hope and the months while it took hold were filled with fear and hope all at the same time.

It is not a difficult decision when one realizes that the stakes are so high and the possibility of being to give the gift of life is filled with the Graces from Our Lord.

Jennifer's DNA was changed by the process and she just last year had her ONLY child (the one the Dr's predicted would never be), Serenity Grace, a beautiful girl, and now is experiencing the joys of motherhood.

Not only are my prayers for this young man and his family --- also my gratitude to him for his choice of vocation and my understanding of what he is experiencing. I recommend that every person who is healthy and well have their testing done for WHOMEVER might need the gift of life from them sometime. Contact either the City of Hope about collection and being entered in that Wheel of Fortune that is the Bone Marrow Donor program.