Patients Stories

At 1 week old, Brennan was diagnosed with a rare condition called SCID, which means he was born with no immune system. The only cure is a stem cell transplant.  SCID babies usually do not make ...
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Time is running out for Ruth.  She is a beloved mother to Naomi and wife to Roy in Portland, Oregon. Ruth is receiving treatment for relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and needs a stem cell ...
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“Hi! Kina, Emi, and Misa Grannis here. Thanks for coming to help save our mom’s life. Here’s the deal: If you know our family, you know that our mom is an incredibly magical human.  If you ...
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Nurses are trained to help the sick and care for those who can’t care for themselves. Help people during their most vulnerable times. This was Kristen’s calling. She had just graduated from nursing ...
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Do you remember what you were doing when you were 13-years-old?  Maxine does, she is being treated for Severe Aplastic Anemia and looking for her life saving stem cell donor.  Maxine is ...
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Meet Ty, he is just 3 weeks old! This may just break your heart, but he needs a stem cell transplant to help save his life. He is ethnically diverse so finding a donor will be difficult. His heritage ...
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Yuan is an artist, educator, husband, and father.  He has end stage secondary myelofibrosis, a rare blood cancer.  After an extensive search of the Registry, Yuan has zero matches on the ...
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Yun -   Yeun (fondly referred to as “Yun”) is a husband, brother, son, uncle, cousin, friend, cook, basketball fan, and so much more. He was recently diagnosed with the extremely rare ...
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Those who know Dylan know that she's a force of nature, extremely strong, incredibly sensitive, creative, tender, and silly. She just turned eight years old, but her life has already taken a detour. ...
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Valerie (Baby Val) was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and will need intense treatment and a blood stem cell or bone marrow transplant. A Go Fund Me page has been set up for the family. Mom and ...
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Adrian is just two-years-old, he is an energetic and fun little guy who loves his toys and one-year-old sister.  He loves to eat snow.  He and his family went to Lake Tahoe last month when ...
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My sister is a beautiful bright light to me, my family, and everyone she meets.  I cannot imagine life without her, and I don’t even want to think about it.  Kriti has been battling leukemia ...
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