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Written by Ron Giles
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Tuesday, 04 March 2008 |
Here's a success story from the Vancouver Sun about the search for Bone Marrow donors using cheek swab kits.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/ |
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Written by Ron Giles
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Wednesday, 06 February 2008 |
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Austin needs bone marrow and can't find a match and doesn't have much time to live. Somebody is walking around with his bone marrow match and they don't know it. We have to find them and we are putting a All Points Bulletin to find it.
This could happen to our relative in the next minute, hour, day, week, month, year, decade etc.
Here is what you can do to help Austin and many others...
1. Join his Facebook group
2. Send out request to all your friends and ask them to join.
3. Send the letter to Oprah that is written below or send your own and ask her to help.
4. Sign up on the bone marrow registry. (Go to www.needbonemarrow.com to find out how to sign up in your Country)
5. Ask your local media to write a story.
6. Go to the bone marrow drive that is in your area and sign up or volunteer to help out.
Needing bone marrow has no borders. You may help someone in another Country but the good news is someone from another Country may help you.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 February 2008 )
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Written by Rob Raymond
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Wednesday, 06 February 2008 |
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Taken from: www.hamiltonmountainnews.com
Mountain boy pleads locals to get onto bone marrow registry, help him survive
Julie Slack, Mountain
Austin Huinink desperately needs a bone marrow transplant, but so far, he hasn't been able to find a match.
Eight-year-old Austin Huinink just wants to be like other kids. He wants to be able to play hockey, baseball and ride his bike.
Instead he's handing out pamphlets at baseball games, asking people to join the bone marrow registry so he has another chance at life.
Austin isn't like other kids. He can't play hockey, he has to stay inside for recess and he has to arrive at school 15 minutes before the other kids and leave 15 minutes before school gets out so he doesn't get bumped in the hall. It could cause a bruise and for Austin that usually means a trip the hospital and quite possibly yet another transfusion - he's already had 29. |
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