Thursday, 21 May 2009

Darren (update)

An update on Darren, who i shared a bay with during my Round 1 chemo.
I visited him today at the RUH. His spirits are up, but he had some bad news, which he doesn't mind me sharing here.

His best clinical chance of beating Leukemia would be to have a bone marrow transplant.
To do this, a donor with matching bone marrow would need to be found. The closest match would be a relative, but non-relative matching donors can also be used. But these are hard to find.

A member of Darren's family had offered to be a donor, but the tests done on her bone marrow showed that she wasn't a match. So Darren is on a waiting list until a donor can be found and time isn't a luxury he can afford.

Could i ask you to pray for Darren?
That a suitable donor can be found for him quickly. That his Leukemia will be cured.
That the stress all this has put on his personal life (relationship with wife, home, finances) would be lifted and above the problems resolved.

Thank you.

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