Stella isn't the only neighborhood kid dealing with leukemia. Two other children, Jasmina and Kai, happen to have very rare and serious forms of the disease.
Jasmina, 6, is in kindergarten at Stella's school, PS41.
Kai, 5, goes to the Montessori School in Tribeca.
Both children urgently need bone marrow transplants. Please see the links below for info on bone marrow compatibility testing, and for donations.
Not sure if other people have registered for bone marrow, but it's really easy. I went yesterday and it took two minutes.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading a story like this one, it was hard not to want to do more: http://www.tribecatrib.com/news/2009/may/173_child-needs-donor-to-survive.html