Note from Mike: 6/3 - Good News
All:
Some good news. The search of the national database of cord-blood donors has yielded approximately 20 potential matches for Bonnie on the required four markers for an umbilical cord blood transplant. We should be able to find a suitable donor from among these. More testing to follow. Will keep you informed.
In the meantime, as we have learned, nothing is a certainty in any of this. So, we are continuing to move forward with the live-donor testing in the coming weeks.
As a reminder, the following three "Gift of Life" drives are coming up very shortly, and are focused on registering donors of Eastern European Jewish ancestry:
- SF; Sunday June 5: 10a.m.-6p.m.
- Boston (Wayland); Sunday June 12: 10a.m.-1p.m.
- New York (Old Westbury); Sunday June 12: 9a.m.-2p.m.
Click here for more information about all three of the drives, above.
There has been a huge outpouring of support on the bone marrow donor drive front. Lots of folks are contacting their local temples to get the word out for higher participation in the local drives above, and are also making individual donations via local hospitals (click here) and/or the do-it-at-home donations that Gift Of Life provides for people of Eastern European Jewish ancestry (click here). (You may be asked for more information about Bonnie: her full name is Bonnie Kramer Tonneson, her physician is Dr. Charles Linker, and his fax number is: (415) 353-2467.)
More info to come as we get it. Thank you for your continued help and support. We are so grateful.
Best,
Mike
Some good news. The search of the national database of cord-blood donors has yielded approximately 20 potential matches for Bonnie on the required four markers for an umbilical cord blood transplant. We should be able to find a suitable donor from among these. More testing to follow. Will keep you informed.
In the meantime, as we have learned, nothing is a certainty in any of this. So, we are continuing to move forward with the live-donor testing in the coming weeks.
As a reminder, the following three "Gift of Life" drives are coming up very shortly, and are focused on registering donors of Eastern European Jewish ancestry:
- SF; Sunday June 5: 10a.m.-6p.m.
- Boston (Wayland); Sunday June 12: 10a.m.-1p.m.
- New York (Old Westbury); Sunday June 12: 9a.m.-2p.m.
Click here for more information about all three of the drives, above.
There has been a huge outpouring of support on the bone marrow donor drive front. Lots of folks are contacting their local temples to get the word out for higher participation in the local drives above, and are also making individual donations via local hospitals (click here) and/or the do-it-at-home donations that Gift Of Life provides for people of Eastern European Jewish ancestry (click here). (You may be asked for more information about Bonnie: her full name is Bonnie Kramer Tonneson, her physician is Dr. Charles Linker, and his fax number is: (415) 353-2467.)
More info to come as we get it. Thank you for your continued help and support. We are so grateful.
Best,
Mike
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