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Emotional Clip Shows NJ Woman Meeting 9-Year-Old Girl She Saved With Bone Marrow Donation Emotional Clip Shows NJ Woman Meeting 9-Year-Old Girl She Saved With Bone Marrow Donation
Emotional Clip Shows NJ Woman Meeting 9-Year-Old Girl She Saved With Bone Marrow Donation A New Jersey woman met the young girl whose life she saved during a heartwarming reunion at the Gift of Life Marrow Registry’s One Huge Night Miami Gala this week. Sara Wells, a 25-year-old retail worker from Roselle Park shared an emotional first meeting with her transplant recipient, 9-year-old Natalie Hughes of Greenville, MS, at the annual event hosted by Gift of Life Marrow Registry on Monday, Nov. 18 (click here for video). Natalie was diagnosed with aplastic anemia at just five years old after her parents noticed unusual bruising. Her condition required a stem cell transplant to…

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by Cecilia Levine
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URGENT: Hispanic Donors Needed For Local Dad Fighting Cancer URGENT: Hispanic Donors Needed For Local Dad Fighting Cancer
Urgent: Hispanic Donors Needed For Local Dad Fighting Cancer A national search is being conducted for a local dad and patient in HackensackUMC's John Theurer Cancer Center in need of a stem cell/bone marrow donor. A stay-at-home father to a nine-year-old son, Merlo Weiss, 45,  is fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML). He is searching for a Hispanic donor because matches are associated with ancestry. To help his mission, his husband David has teamed up with the Gift of Life Marrow Registry and they are conducting an urgent national search for Merlo’s donor.  More than 190 donors have enlisted and over $11,000 have been raised, but time is running out…

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by Cecilia Levine