http://marrow.org/Home.aspx
I know you all remember seeing this back in August of 2008:
I know you all remember hearing lots about this:
I KNOW you all remember seeing this:
I don't believe that I ever showed you this one a year later...
Now... it is time to let you know that Jake is still doing well.
He is still in remission and is going to the Oncology Clinic every 6 months instead of every 3.
Oh and he just turned 14... *yikes*
Unfortunately, the other young man who was in this situation before Jake has not been so lucky.
Children with DS get Leukemia more frequently... they also have a better prognosis than typical kids.
However, other kinds of cancer are not as common. Lymphoma appears to be particularly uncommon.
1. He was diagnosed a year before Jake... August 2007 with non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The same kind as Jake.
2. He then relapsed 2 weeks after Jake was diagnosed in August 2008... he got a stem cell transplant in February 2009.
3. Before treatment was even finished he developed another form of cancer due to the transplant. He went into remission again in December 2009.
4. Now, in October 2011... the type of Lymphoma he got after his stem cell transplant has returned.
His 4th battle with Lymphoma.
This 15 year old boy who LOVES music, just like Ali... NEEDED a bone marrow transplant but they could not find a match.
Now they will have to look into other options after this round of treatment.
There are many other people, including many other children who are in need of bone marrow transplants.
Are you on the list?
http://marrow.org/Home.aspx
Please... Imagine if YOUR child needed a bone marrow transplant... wouldn't you want everyone to see if they were a match?
Can you imagine the helplessness of knowing that your child could be saved, if only that person who was a match had decided to be a donor?
Just put yourselves in the shoes of one of those parents... that's all I ask.
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