26 Oct 95 13:24:53 -5
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 13:19:18 EDT
From: coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu (Rodney Coates)
Reply-To: coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu (Rodney Coates)
To: Racial-Religious-EthnoNationalist Violence Studies <revs@csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: Re: A call for help
On Thu, 26 Oct 95 13:07:04 EDT you wrote:

>fyi;;;and circulation...thanks..rc
>Forwarded message follows:
>
>Newsgroups:
>soc.culture.african.american,sci.med.diseases.cancer,nj.wanted,ny.want
>ed,princeton.wanted,ne.wanted,alt.support.cancer
>
>Subject: SEEKING BONE MARROW DONOR FOR NINE YEAR OLD AFRICAN-AMERICAN
>BOY
>TO THE AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY:
>
>My nine year old nephew, Cameron Riley, has been diagnosed with
>Aplastic 
>Anemia Secondary Myelodysplasia. This is a severe Blood Desease that
>stops 
>the Bone Marrow from producing cells. His Bone Marrow needs to be
>replaced 
>with a healthy Bone Marrow. My family is desperately looking for a
>donor 
>that can provide healthy Bone Marrow to Cameron.
>
>You can help by calling 1-800-Marrow-2 and ask for your Local Blood
>Bank
>Center. By Donating as little as three teaspoons of blood a test can
>be done
>to see if you are a potential match.
>
>Please SAY YES to helping Cameron reach his tenth birthday. 
>
>For more information please call the following:
>
>(908) 580-4790 (work number for Retha Onitiri)
>(800) 336-3363 (The HLA Registry Foundation for listing 
>                of location of Blook Bank Centers) 
>
>
>
>
>GENERAL INFORMATION:
>
>What is Marrow?
>
>Marrow makes blood cells and even looks like blood, but is a little
>thicker.
>It is produced inside the larger bones of the body. Marrow can be
>removed
>with a special syringe and donated to patients with diseased marrow or
>certain
>life-threatening diseases. Donating marrow won't affect your health,
>and it
>replaces itself in just a few weeks.
>
>
>Who needs marrow transplants?
>
>Each year, more than 30,000 new patients are diagnosed with leukemia, 
>Aplasitc Anemia, or 60 other life-threatening diseases. For many,
>their
>only chance for survival is a marrow transplant.
>
>
>Why are African Americans needed?
>
>Some characteristics of marrow type are unique to people of specific
>ancestry.
>Although it's possible for an African American patient to match a
>donor from
>any racial or ethnic group, the most likely match is an African
>American
>donor.
>
>Despite a registry of nearly 900,000 volunteers, African Americans
>make up
>only 5% of those who have taken the first step toward becoming a
>volunteer
>marrow donor- a simple blood test that determine's one's marrow type.
>
>It is vital that African Americans spread the word about the urgent
>need
>for more donors. Equally important, is your making a personal
>committment to
>become involved in saving the lives of fellow African Americans.
>
>
>Does it hurt when you donate marrow?
>
>You won't feel any pain when the marrow is removed because anesthesia
>is used.
>But you may feel some soreness for about a week after you donate. 
>
>Imagine ... a one-hour procedure on your part can give a lifetime to
>someone
>in need.
>
>All expenses are paid by the patient or the patient's medical
>insurance.
>
>
>For more information on how you can become a port of African Americans
>Uniting for Life, call 1-800-MARROW-2 or contact your local donor
>center
>(See above).
>
>THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>
>
>UMOJA, 
>Still in the struggle
>
>Rodney D. Coates
>Director of Black World Studies
>Associate Professor of Sociology
>Miami University 
>Oxford, Ohio - 45056
>
>PH: 513-5291235
>