Marty Scott (a co-worker's husband) is in Baylor Hospital today....waiting for the Drs. to collect stem cells for transplant to a man, tomorrow. Which could possibly save the man's life!
At one of Faith Williams benefits, last year..."Be The Match" came and sat up a booth. There was a whole group of her friends that had their mouth swabbed.
Marty was contacted in mid-May, and told that he was a possible match for someone and asked if he could come and have some more testing done. When they found out he was a "sure" match they had him come in and did a complete physical to make sure he was healthy.
Marty started taking shots on July 4th to increase his white blood cells. They will try to take 5 MILLION from him today! The shots caused him a little pain, from the bone marrow producing more cells.
That same day, the man started receiving chemo....to kill all of his cells.
He will now have Marty's DNA and blood type.
Marty was contacted in mid-May, and told that he was a possible match for someone and asked if he could come and have some more testing done. When they found out he was a "sure" match they had him come in and did a complete physical to make sure he was healthy.
Marty started taking shots on July 4th to increase his white blood cells. They will try to take 5 MILLION from him today! The shots caused him a little pain, from the bone marrow producing more cells.
That same day, the man started receiving chemo....to kill all of his cells.
He will now have Marty's DNA and blood type.
Hopefully all will go well and after a year, Marty can meet him.
Marty asks that we pray for person receiving the stem cells.
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