{"id":553,"date":"2008-09-09T08:08:46","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T12:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2008-09-09T14:54:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T18:54:32","slug":"we-need-you-now-more-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"We Need You Now, More than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Bill Green – a minister friend from Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church in Lexington, SC – \u00c2\u00a0learned he was in need of a bone marrow transplant … another friend\u00c2\u00a0offered to help coordinate a bone marrow drive. \u00c2\u00a0Now that Bill has learned that his siblings are not matches, the bone marrow drive is going to be even more crucial for him.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bill says many people have asked how they can help him…now he is asking for your help by registering with the National Marrow Donor Program. \u00c2\u00a0He feels that even if he isn’t helped by your donation – SOMEONE else may be.The National Marrow Donor Program is the largest registry for bone marrow transplants. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bone marrow transplant is a life changing treatment – but for many it is the only hope for a cure. \u00c2\u00a0Bill has been told he has a 80\/20 percent of recovery with a transplant.<\/span><\/p>\n

An interesting fact is that 11 million people are registered. \u00c2\u00a06,000 people search the registry daily. \u00c2\u00a0Approximately 300 matches receive transplants per month….many are still searching.A donor must be between the ages of 18 and 60 and be in reasonably good health.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the drive, a medical questionaire will be filled out and a cheek cell swab collection obtained (painless) for tissue matching. \u00c2\u00a0A charge of $52 is for tissue matching (Saxe Gotha is looking for sponsors\u00c2\u00a0to pay for those who cannot afford the fee).For more information on the bone marrow donation process please visit the NMDP web site at www.marrow.org.<\/span><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 The drive will be in early October. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you can be there or wish to help…PLEASE call 609-1817 or email at alice.markowitz@btitelecom.net<\/span><\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My wish for you today<\/strong> is that you never find yourself in the place Bill finds himself now. What a gift of life you will give if you are able to share your bone marrow with someone in need…perhaps ever Bill.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

~ Joellen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Bill Green – a minister friend from Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church in Lexington, SC – \u00c2\u00a0learned he was in need of a bone marrow transplant … another friend\u00c2\u00a0offered to help coordinate a bone marrow drive. \u00c2\u00a0Now that Bill has learned that his siblings are not matches, the bone marrow drive is going to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,40,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-events","category-medical","category-serving-others"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}