Record-Breaking Marrow-Thon Yields Matches For Kajal Patel
The Athens Academy sixth grader must continue to recover before she can undergo the life-saving procedure.
Volunteers worked tirelessly organizing last week's 24-hour Marrow-thon in search of a match for Kajal Patel, an 12-year-old Athens Academy student who had a 1 in 20,000 chance of finding a bone marrow donor. She has suffered nearly all her life with an immune disorder. Out of the Guinness World Record-breaking collection of 4, 004 swab samples taken during a seven-day period (2,938 during the Marrow-thon alone!), a match has been found, according the the following early morning post Wednesday on the Be A Hero For Kajal Facebook page: Thank you for your support! There is a MATCH and you are ALL Heroes for Kajal! 11 Alive News Atlanta reports there are actually multiple matches but Kajal is continuing to recover from two strokes she …
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Brooke
5:06 pm on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Awesome! My grandfather received a bone marrow transplant in October. My uncle was the donor and was only a half-match but the transplant was successful and he is now in remission! :) more ›