Central MA OOTiots... Need your help. Marrow Drive.

[2planka]

Okay, sorry to disrupt OOT with this, but my cousin is battling leukemia and is in desperate need of a marrow match. FWIW, she's 25 and has been married for just one year. Diagnosed a little over a month ago. Sad stuff.

Anyway, there will be donor drives at two MA locations in the coming weeks. The goal is to build a registry of suitable donors for patients in need, like my cousin. All that's required is a buccal swab - sort of like rubbing a q-tip inside your cheek. No needles, no blood, just a swab inside your mouth. So here are the details:

1. Worcester, MA (Saturday May 21, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at St. Bernard's Parish Gymnasium, 236 Lincoln Street)

2. The State House - Boston (Wednesday, May 25th, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, in the Great Hall)


Further information can be found at:
The Caitlin Raymond International Registry at UMass Memorial Medical Center 508-334-8969/www.crir.org

We now return you to your regular OOT programming.

-KT

edit: changed title.

[bosoxfan]

If you are a marrow match what is involved? I have no idea how this works but am imagining a needle in one of my bones.

[Blarg]

That's it.

[Uglyowl]

Kilgore, I wish you the best of luck finding a match.

[MrMoo]

Do you know where I can find a list of donor drives closer to me? I looked on that site and couldn't really find anything.