Hi all- One of my best friends from high school, Agnes Ho-Wong's son, has a rare form of leukemia which narrows his donor pool to Asian Americans. Those of Chinese ancestry from the Guangdong Province are potentially the best match and especially encourage to be tested.
Please help in anyway possible- by forwarding this attachment to friends, if applicable please get yourself tested and especially send your prayers for Chris and his family. Chris almost did not make it last year and his first remission regarded as a miracle by his doctors.
Love, Carol & David Moy
Looking for a bone marrow donor. . .
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Here's a link to the HLA Registration Foundation.
I've been a registered donor since 1991. Still waiting to step foward when and if I get a call.
http://www.hlaregistry.org/
I've been a registered donor since 1991. Still waiting to step foward when and if I get a call.
http://www.hlaregistry.org/
Thanks for the response Kevin.
Another friend of mine was able to send me the info and letter on this as well.
Please read the message below and forward to all your Chinese friends
> and family members. The Wong and Ho families appreciate your help. If
> you cannot read the message below, please open the Word "attachment".
>
> To all our Relatives and Friends,
> Our family member, Christopher Wong (Winston and his wife Agnes' son
> and Uncle David's grandson) is in need of a life-saving bone marrow
> transplant. Please take a moment and read about Christopher's story.
> Christopher is a bright, energetic 13-year-old 8th grader from the
> Boston area. He enjoys school, playing basketball, computer and video
> games, golfing with his dad and best friend. His favorite sports teams
> are the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. Sadly, this
> hard-working honor student was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic
> Myelogenous Leukemia (APML) shortly after his 13th birthday in August
> 2002. Christopher was in remission for the past 6 months and doing
> great until recently. His Leukemia has relapsed and now his best chance
> for a cure is a bone marrow transplant. Christopher has a younger
> brother but he was not a match. Now Christopher needs to find a match
> from an unrelated donor. Christopher's doctors have not found a
> matching donor because minorities have been underrepresented in the
> National Marrow Donor Program. Only 6.5% of those registered are Asian
> or Pacific Islander. Christopher is of Chinese descent; therefore
> someone of the same ethnic background would be his best chance for donor
> match.
>
>
>
> The Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation, The Boston Chinese Evangelical
> Church, and friends will be hosting a bone marrow drive for Christopher.
> We ask all those interested in helping Christopher find a donor match to
> attend this drive and register as potential donor. This will entail only
> a very minor, painless blood test. You make the final decision to be a
> donor. It takes only 5-10 minutes to register and is free-of-charge.
> The National Marrow Donor Program <http://www.marrow.org/>
> www.marrow.org and Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation web sites
> <http://www.cllf.org/> www.cllf.org provides information about the six
> steps of becoming a marrow donor. The Wong Family thanks everyone for
> their prayers and hopes in finding Christopher a matching donor.
> If you are unable to attend the June 1st drive, you can also register
> through the American Red Cross (800-462-9400 ext.2075) or go directly to
> the: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Room DLI.184B,
> Boston, MA 02115-6013 617-632-2561
> BONE MARROW DRIVE
> Sunday, June 1, 2003 10:00AM to 4:00PM
> Quincy Upper School
> 900 Washington Street Boston, MA
> ROOM 102
>
> Call the Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation
> for more information on becoming a donor
> 1-800-77-CAMMY
Another friend of mine was able to send me the info and letter on this as well.
Please read the message below and forward to all your Chinese friends
> and family members. The Wong and Ho families appreciate your help. If
> you cannot read the message below, please open the Word "attachment".
>
> To all our Relatives and Friends,
> Our family member, Christopher Wong (Winston and his wife Agnes' son
> and Uncle David's grandson) is in need of a life-saving bone marrow
> transplant. Please take a moment and read about Christopher's story.
> Christopher is a bright, energetic 13-year-old 8th grader from the
> Boston area. He enjoys school, playing basketball, computer and video
> games, golfing with his dad and best friend. His favorite sports teams
> are the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. Sadly, this
> hard-working honor student was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic
> Myelogenous Leukemia (APML) shortly after his 13th birthday in August
> 2002. Christopher was in remission for the past 6 months and doing
> great until recently. His Leukemia has relapsed and now his best chance
> for a cure is a bone marrow transplant. Christopher has a younger
> brother but he was not a match. Now Christopher needs to find a match
> from an unrelated donor. Christopher's doctors have not found a
> matching donor because minorities have been underrepresented in the
> National Marrow Donor Program. Only 6.5% of those registered are Asian
> or Pacific Islander. Christopher is of Chinese descent; therefore
> someone of the same ethnic background would be his best chance for donor
> match.
>
>
>
> The Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation, The Boston Chinese Evangelical
> Church, and friends will be hosting a bone marrow drive for Christopher.
> We ask all those interested in helping Christopher find a donor match to
> attend this drive and register as potential donor. This will entail only
> a very minor, painless blood test. You make the final decision to be a
> donor. It takes only 5-10 minutes to register and is free-of-charge.
> The National Marrow Donor Program <http://www.marrow.org/>
> www.marrow.org and Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation web sites
> <http://www.cllf.org/> www.cllf.org provides information about the six
> steps of becoming a marrow donor. The Wong Family thanks everyone for
> their prayers and hopes in finding Christopher a matching donor.
> If you are unable to attend the June 1st drive, you can also register
> through the American Red Cross (800-462-9400 ext.2075) or go directly to
> the: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Room DLI.184B,
> Boston, MA 02115-6013 617-632-2561
> BONE MARROW DRIVE
> Sunday, June 1, 2003 10:00AM to 4:00PM
> Quincy Upper School
> 900 Washington Street Boston, MA
> ROOM 102
>
> Call the Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation
> for more information on becoming a donor
> 1-800-77-CAMMY
