A Kitchener man is recovering in a Detroit hospital after a bone-marrow transplant that came after a Windsor-based bone marrow awareness group helped with the donor search.
Dany Mercado, 24, is at the Karmanos Cancer Institute, where he received the transplant Tuesday.
We have very recently been informed that OHIP will assist in the cost of Dany's transplant operation. We are so thankful for this tremendous news.
Although OHIP will be assisting with the actual cost of the transplant itself, there are other significant expenses that OHIP will not cover mainly for essential procedures pre- and post-operation and any unforeseen expenditures. These pre- and post-operation procedures that are not covered by OHIP are being paid for with the funds that have been raised during the campaigning period. We are now in a financial position to be able to move forward with the transplant at this time! This is a real VICTORY for Dany.
We had a very successful fundraiser in Kitchener. We raised over 30, 000 and the money is still coming in. It was amazing to see the community come together and support one of their own.
Dany Mercado 
