Survivors Stories

Padmaja, mother of two beautiful children and wife of a loving husband was fighting for her life. She was diagnosed with a very high risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) a rare form of blood cancer ...
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Ricky is 19 years old and was born in the Bay Area. He is a loving son, brother, uncle and friend. He is multi-ethnic, Latino and Caucasian. He graduated from high school in 2016 and was a scholar ...
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I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in May 2016, one month before we were supposed to move to San Diego. After gaining remission in December, we (me, husband, and two boys ...
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Katy sufferd from acute myeloid leukemia. She just turned 3-years-old. She loves Disney, unicorns, running around and playing. A search for Kathy’s donor was challenging because she is multi-racial, ...
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Tom is a minister at the Sozenji Temple.  He enjoys performing and teaching Taiko and his favorite past-time is spending time with his little grandson, Cody.  Tom is Japanese-American and was ...
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Haobo is 42 years old and he was born in Ningbo, China. He is a loving husband and a father of two young daughters. Together, they are an adoring family who enjoy spending time together. In May ...
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Every 4 minutes someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer. On December 27, 2016, I became one of them. In December 2013 my father was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome. His one chance at a ...
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Kapil and his wife were expecting their third child.  With the excitement of this new arrival, they learned that Kapil had Myelofibrosis, a rare form of blood cancer. “My condition is deteriorating ...
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Caitlin loves to sing (got that from her mom) and is quite good at it She is a very sociable girl and has a big compassionate heart and an easy smile. Although she shies from the limelight, she ...
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My name is Don and I am 34 years old, and a Software Engineer. I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in September 2016.  I enjoy driving my cars on the race track. In order to keep racing ...
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Meet Alastair "Ally", he will be 2 years old in September. Ally was diagnosed with Chronic Granulomatous Disease and needs a marrow donor. He is 100% Korean, after searching the WORLD ...
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Derek is a typical active 12 year old boy. He loves playing video games, building LEGO models, and playing baseball. He was diagnosed with leukemia (AML) in August of 2015. He spent most of 7th grade ...
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