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Just found out that my cousin's son has leukemia -- AML, the aggressive form.
PS: If ever you feel like signing up for the marrow-donor registry, information is available at http://www.marrow.org. This is not a guilt trip: the chances of matching any *specific* patient, this boy included, are incredibly small, and it's not yet certain he's a marrow transplant candidate anyway. But in case you're motivated, there's the link. Joining requires givinga small blood sample a cheek swab sample and paying a tax-deductible fee of around $50. Various medical things may disqualify a donor (active Lyme, for example, sigh).
PS: If ever you feel like signing up for the marrow-donor registry, information is available at http://www.marrow.org. This is not a guilt trip: the chances of matching any *specific* patient, this boy included, are incredibly small, and it's not yet certain he's a marrow transplant candidate anyway. But in case you're motivated, there's the link. Joining requires giving
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Joining just requires giving a small blood sample, which they use to determine your rejection spectrum. You also need to pay around $50 (tax-dedictible) to cover the cost of the typing. Odds are you'll never match anyone, but you never know.
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I'm ineligible due to Lyme, myself, and none of my family is actually related to this child by blood because he was adopted at birth, but this is one of those cases where the Powers That Be will go find the birth family and ask.
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