REMEMBER JILLIAN MAY NEED YOU -- AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF OTHER KIDS LINED UP AND WAITING FOR DONORS: GET SWABBED THIS SATURDAY at CABRILLO MARINE AQUARIUM AS A BONE MARROW DONOR;
Want to save a life? Possibly 23-month old Jillian's, who suffers from leukemia and could need a bone marrow transplant?
Here's how you can start. Show up this Saturday at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium anywhere from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and have the inside of your cheek swabbed to determine if you are a match for any child or adult who needs a bone marrow transplant.
Ever since Jillian, a local San Pedro tot who seems to have no concept that she's ill with her Tigger-like bounciness, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, Jillian's parents, Michelle and Matt, and their friends have undertaken the biggest drive of their lives -- trying to obtain a match for Jillian, but not just for Jillian but hundreds of others.
This Saturday, residents from 18 to 60 can register to become part of the national bone marrow registry at San Pedro's Cabrillo Marine Museum. Police, firefighters and minorities can register free. Jillian's friends have done several fundraisers to offset the normal registration costs. The aquarium is located at 3720 Stephen M. White Drive.
Potential donors are encouraged to register for anyone --not just Jillian-- to save a life. Minorities are desperately needed as Caucasians make up the largest percentage of potential donors in the national registry.
Ironically, the Littons -- before they ever knew about Jillian's troubles -- had become registered bone marrow donors. Michelle said for years she had been haunted by the struggles of those children. Unfortunately -- while matches typically run a long genetic lines -- neither parent or Jillian's sister, Anna, 4, are a match.
Therefore, they are in search of a match for Jillian -- but are determined to help scores of others along the way. For more information about becoming a bone marrow donor, visit the following sites: http://www.marrow.org/ and http://www.getswabbed.org/.
Please visit entire Jillian story in an earlier post.
Want to save a life? Possibly 23-month old Jillian's, who suffers from leukemia and could need a bone marrow transplant?
Here's how you can start. Show up this Saturday at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium anywhere from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and have the inside of your cheek swabbed to determine if you are a match for any child or adult who needs a bone marrow transplant.
Ever since Jillian, a local San Pedro tot who seems to have no concept that she's ill with her Tigger-like bounciness, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, Jillian's parents, Michelle and Matt, and their friends have undertaken the biggest drive of their lives -- trying to obtain a match for Jillian, but not just for Jillian but hundreds of others.
This Saturday, residents from 18 to 60 can register to become part of the national bone marrow registry at San Pedro's Cabrillo Marine Museum. Police, firefighters and minorities can register free. Jillian's friends have done several fundraisers to offset the normal registration costs. The aquarium is located at 3720 Stephen M. White Drive.
Potential donors are encouraged to register for anyone --not just Jillian-- to save a life. Minorities are desperately needed as Caucasians make up the largest percentage of potential donors in the national registry.
Ironically, the Littons -- before they ever knew about Jillian's troubles -- had become registered bone marrow donors. Michelle said for years she had been haunted by the struggles of those children. Unfortunately -- while matches typically run a long genetic lines -- neither parent or Jillian's sister, Anna, 4, are a match.
Therefore, they are in search of a match for Jillian -- but are determined to help scores of others along the way. For more information about becoming a bone marrow donor, visit the following sites: http://www.marrow.org/ and http://www.getswabbed.org/.
Please visit entire Jillian story in an earlier post.
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