Brother Sam Chamberlin, Gamma Phi/Nebraska Wesley ’94 has reached out to his Theta Chi brothers with a special appeal. He writes,Now more than ever, I need the Helping Hand of Theta Chi.
Maya is our beautiful, smart, loving and wonderful 4 year old daughter who has become gravely ill with a disease called Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or HLH. Before she got sick, Maya loved to dance, sing, and bake with her grandmothers. She constantly read books, drew and painted pictures and, of course, put up with her little brother.
Now, Maya can’t sing or play. She needs donated bone marrow that very closely matches her own, for a transplant. The best chances of matching are with a sibling, but Maya’s brother is not a match. The next best chance is with a parent. But we are not a match. So, we need your help. Maya needs your help.
We need as many people as possible to quickly join the National Marrow Donor Registry. Every new donor will give Maya and other people in our dire situation another breath of hope.
Think of it: You could hold the key to curing Maya’s disease, or the disease of another sick child or adult, inside you right now. Please join the registry. Please spread the word. We appreciate your help in creating a tsunami of marrow registrations.
That's where Theta Chi comes in. We need to spread the word as much as possible to drive a wave of new registrations into the National Marrow Donor Registration. We have not found a matching donor yet.
Marrow registration is PAINLESS: 4 cheek swabs and you've taken the first step to being someone's hero.
You can follow Maya’s story at www.caringbridge.org/visit/concentrate
0 comments:
Post a Comment