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Welcome to our News & Events page. Here we’ll keep you up-to-date with local National Marrow Donor Drives
and other events, plus we’ll post all the latest news from the NMDP and Carter BloodCare. Check back often.
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Maya Chamberlin, 4, needs a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disease she was diagnosed with in September.
Picture and story courtesy of the Chamberlin family
Last September, 4-year-old Maya Chamberlin was diagnosed with a rare blood disease known as HLH. Her chances of survival depend on finding a suitable bone marrow donor.
Maya needs a bone marrow transplant. But so far, the family has not been able to find a match. The Chamberlin family's search for a match is more difficult because Maya is of mixed race.
"It's difficult with Maya because she comes from a mixed genetic background," her mother, Mina Chamberlin says. "I am from India, and my husband is Caucasian — German and English descent — so the combination of the two is making it more difficult to find a match."
A donor's compatibility is based on their HLA — or human leukocyte antigen — type. "And HLA is basically inherited. So the probability of finding a suitable donor is highest among people of your own race," Chamberlin says.
About 13 million potential donors are registered worldwide, but "we don't have one in that pool," Chamberlin says. She says the chances of finding a donor are "pretty low — pretty, pretty low.
"But it is not hopeless. I mean, I know there is that one person out there," she says.
"While siblings have a 25 percent probability of being a match, Maya's younger brother, Jaden, isn't one, “Chamberlin says. And finding a close match is especially important for bone marrow transplants.
Chamberlin says there's a misconception that donating bone marrow is painful and difficult. "It's performed under anesthesia, so you will absolutely not feel any pain at all from the procedure," she says. "The only pain you feel is perhaps a little bit of soreness after the procedure is over and you're awake."
"Right now, Maya is stable". "She continues to get chemo, and she will continue to get chemo until the transplant is done. She knows she's sick, but her spirits are high," Chamberlin says, choking back tears. "She's such a tough little girl."
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Jennifer Jones Austin - a wife and a mother of two children, who has tirelessly worked as a community advocate in her 20 year career as an attorney for social service. Jennifer has been diagnosed with leukemia, and needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. Because Jennifer is African American, her chance of finding a match is more difficult, and she is most likely to find a matched donor from another African American.
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Feb-10-2010: CCCC-Preston Ridge Blood Drive
9:00AM-4:00pm
9700 Wade Blvd.
Frisco, TX 75035
Feb-11-2010: Cntr Of Rehab Excellence
10:30-1:30pm
Because I Care Marrow Dirve
3202 N. Fourth St-CORE
Longview, TX 75605
Feb-11-2010: CCCC-Spring Creek Blood Drive
9:00am-4:00pm
2800 East Spring Creek-lobby
Plano, TX 75074
Feb-12-2010: Texas College Blood Drive
12:00pm-5:00pm
2402 N. Grand
Tyler, TX 75702
Feb-12-2010: Stern Tyler-Dental Blood Drive
12:00pm-5:00pm
114 Jordan Plaza Blvd., Ste 30
Tyler, TX 75704
Feb-12-2010: Be A Match Maker 2010 Marrow Drive
9:00am-7:00pm
3 Locations at Childrens Medical Center
- ·Legacy Center: 9201 Preston Rd.,
Plano, TX 75024
- ·Children’s Ambulatory Care Center
- ·Children’s Hospital Tower D
1935 Medical District Drive
Dallas, TX 75235
Feb-13-2010: Double Oak Eagle Scout Blood Drive
1:00pm-5:00pm
320 Waketon Rd. Town Hall
Double Oak, TX 75077
Feb-15-2010: Dikita Building Blood Drive
10:00am-4:00pm
1420 W. Mockingbird-1st floor
Dalllas, TX 75247
Feb-16-2010: Sanford Brown Inst. Blood Drive
9:00am-3:00pm
1250 W. Mockingbird-6th floor
Dallas, TX 75247
Feb-16-2010: High Tech Inst. - Parking Lot
Marrow Express
9:00am-9:00pm
4250 North Beltline Rd
Irving, TX 75038
Feb-16-2010: UTSW Multicultral WK and Marrow Donor Drive
10:00am-2:00pm
5323 Harry Hines Blvd. - St. Ctr
Dallas, TX 75235
Feb-18-2010: Le Tourneau Univ. - Blood Drive
10:30am-4:30pm
2100 S. Mobberly
Longview, TX 75607
Feb-18-2010: Beck Group Blood Drive
9:00am-3:00pm
1807 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201
Feb-18 &19-2010: Childrens Transplant Conference
Marrow Donor Registration Table
8:00am-5:00pm
2100 Preston
Dallas, TX 75390
Feb-24-2010: Angelina College Blood Drive
10:00am-2:00pm
3500 S. 1st St.
Lufkin, TX 75901
Feb-25-2010: Pepsi Cola /D-SE Blood Drive
10:00am-6:00pm
4532 Hwy 67
Mesquite, TX 752150
Feb-25-2010: Jarvis Christian College
Marrow Donor Drive
8:00am-12:00pm
Hwy 80, Private Rd 1470
Tyler, TX 75765
Feb-25-2010: Protection One Blood Drive
9:00am-3:00pm
4221 W. John Carpenter Frwy.
Irving, TX 75063
Feb-26-2010: CMI - Blood Drive
10am-4pm
4200 International Prkwy.
Carrollton, TX 75007
Feb-28-2010: Casa Emanuel UMC
Marrow Donor Drive
9:00am-1:00pm
9998 Ferguson
Dallas, TX
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