Survivors Stories

Mailyna (10) was born with Beta Thalassemia Major, a lifelong blood disease that does not allow her to make any of her own red blood cells. She receives blood transfusions every 3 weeks and has daily ...
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Nina, 32, has lymphoma. Her doctors informed her that she had only 2 months to find a bone marrow donor, a match was not found immediately on the registry. Her best chance of finding a marrow match ...
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In January 2013, William (24) was hospitalized for sickness and eventually diagnosed with a rare form of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (AML). This rare form of AML was very difficult to treat and ...
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Timothy, was diagnosed with CGD (chronic granulomatous disease) at 2 months of age. CGD is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease. Which means Timothy is unable to fight off common everyday ...
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In May 2009 Connor was diagnosed with X-linked Hyper IGM, a rare immunodeficiency that causes patients to succumb to liver cirrhosis or lung infection at an early age. Connor never complained about ...
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We think Kyle is going to study Ichthyology when grows up.  He knows everything there is to know about fishes.  Kyle was just  like any other  curious 4 year old and he had a new little sister he ...
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Jack, 23, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in July 2011. He desperately needed a bone marrow transplant to survive. After months of searching, Jack found an unrelated donor. He received ...
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Sameer is an 8 year child of Indian origin from the Fiji Islands. He was diagnosed with leukemia, ALL, at age 2½ and spent 4 years in remission. Sameer has relapsed and his family reached out to the ...
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Vicky is a smart, outgoing, independent 12 year old from the bay area. Vicky was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in November 2011. Her ethnicity makeup is Vietnamese and Chinese, ...
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Amit is a 32 year-old startup tech entrepreneur diagnosed with leukemia and searching for a marrow donor that could help save his life. His family and friends have tapped into the social media to ...
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Victor is 11 years old. He lost his mother to cancer when he was 7 and is being raised by his grandparents since. Victor was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Victor’s only sister does not ...
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Chris, 19, was diagnosed with Severe Aplastic Anemia in December 2010. His chances of finding an unrelated donor is complicated because he is of Japanese and Caucasian background. After continuous ...
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