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Bone Marrow Donor Drive |
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SBU alumna Christine Pechera was
saved by a bone marrow donor in
November 2006. With just a simple cotton swab of your cheek, YOU can become a registered bone marrow donor to save someone else's life. Don't Miss the Chance! |
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Valentine's Day - 2/14 - SAC Lobby - Noon |
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by
Kenley Gagan
Last semester during one of our PUSO
(Philippine United Student Organization)
meetings, Phillip Cso came by to talk to us
about an important issue. The topic was on
bone marrow diseases. I was listening to the
discussion and wondered what this had to do
with anything Filipino related. It turned
out that the person he was talking about is
a Stony Brook alumna, Christine Pechera, a
Filipina.
We watched a small clip on the process she
had to go through to find a match to cure
her. I found it rather difficult to watch
because it was very painful to see her in
such emotional distress. You can still see
it on YouTube and you should definitely
watch it! See the links below.
Finding a match is very difficult, ESPECIALLY for Asian Americans - ALL Asian Americans, not just Filipinos. Only 6.5% of Asian Americans are registered. But to participate is PAINLESS. All it requires is your cheek to be swabbed with a Q-tip.
To help those with bone marrow diseases PUSO is sponsoring a
Bone
Marrow Drive
SAC Lobby
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Campus Life Time
For
your time and generosity on this Valentine's
Day, PUSO will hand out
FREE CANDY *** FLOWERS
*** CORSAGES
Your swab sample will be mailed to the National Marrow Donor Program which is connected with other networks throughout the world. If someone is ever in need of your marrow, the Donor Program will notify you.
For more information on SBU alumna Christine Pachera and other bone marrow related cases visit http://www.asianmarrow.org
After a
long, long search a match for Christine was
finally found. After more than a semester in
a hospital, in November 2006 she was
released and hopefully is now cancer-free.
Please save others from the agonizing wait,
and worse, slow and painful death if a match
is never found.
http://www.savechristine.com/
Christine's plea for help.
http://www.savechristine.com/_mgxroot/page_10763.html
Here is another good video too of Christine
on Nightline.
http://www.savechristine.com/_mgxroot/page_10793.html
