The kind folks at The Daily Courier in Kelowna did a piece on Nadia to help raise awareness of the bone marrow stem cell transplant network and blood donation.
Thank you Steve for telling our story.
Remember, there are 3 ways to help:
1. Please register to be a bone marrow donor at your local blood collection site or online. While you might not be a match for Nadia, you could end up helping a little boy or girl just like her. It doesn’t take much more than signing a form and quickly swabbing the inside of your mouth; it’s free and painless. You can even order the kit online! Matches can be worldwide, which increases the odds of finding a matching donor.
For information on how to register, please visit the site for the registry in your country:
Canada – OneMatch.ca
US
Other Countries
2. Please encourage everyone you know to sign up for the bone marrow donor registry. Feel free to share this website and Nadia’s facebook page with as many people as you can.
3. Become a blood donor. When Nadia was born, she had a couple of platelet transfusions. It is entirely likely she will need a platelet transfusion before her bone marrow transplant. After the transplant she will need a few blood transfusions. There are a shortage of blood donors and every bit counts.
