ABOUT US
My wife and I were absolutely devastated when our daughter, Natasha, developed leukemia. Over the next few years, we learned a lot about the strengths and weaknesses of her treatment. We now know that your chance for a cure is often directly related to your ability to quickly find a perfectly matched donor in the National Marrow Donor Program registry.
Since Natasha was of mixed heritage - the daughter of an African American father and an Irish American mother - it was impossible to find a perfectly matched donor in the NMDP registry. A high percentage of minorities and a lower, but still troublesome, percentage of whites also face this harsh reality (click here to see transplants and outcomes by race).
Before our daughter went into the hospital the final time, she told us that "she understood that she may never benefit from the things we were trying to do for her, but that others hopefully would.” Please click on the bullet points below to see what she's left behind. |
