It Only Takes One
By: Michele Hren
Newbury Park church hosts bone marrow drive.
Stop, someone needs your help. Mia Stoutenborough, a local teen was diagnosed in 2009 with a severe aplastic anemia, a rare type of bone marrow failure. Her body is not producing enough platelets and red and white blood cells.
Mia completed her second round of immune-suppressive therapy with a partial response. A bone marrow transplant is the best care.
I wish I can do it myself, but I can’t. Due to a pre-existing health issue I don’t qualify. I need someone to go in my place. I know in real estate it only takes one buyer to close a deal. But for Mia and her family it only takes one match to save her life or possibly someone else in need.
Donors need to be 18-60, willing to donate to any patient in need and able to meet the health guidelines. At the drive, cells from inside the donor’s mouth will be collected with a swab. The process takes less than 10 minutes. No marrow will be collected at this time.
TIME & PLACE: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at the Bridge Evangelical Free Church, 999 Rancho Conejo Rd. Newbury Park.
For more information, call Rachel at (626) 251-6258 or (800)MARROW-2 (627-7692). Website www.Marrow.org and use the promo code Match4Mia.
Thanks to our local residents and the bone marrow registry.
God Bless
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