Please read everyone, please....
Hello everyone, I am a longtime lurker and not really much of a poster, but I have started this thread to ask a huge favor of everyone here.
My girlfriend has a very sick cousin who is only 9 years old. He has the disease known as Fanconi Anemia, a very rare blood disorder that causes bone marrow failure (making it impossible to produce a constant supply of healthy blood cells). Both him and his sister, Alex, were diagnosed with this condition almost 6 years ago. The problem can be cured with bone marrow transplant, and a surgery has been performed on Alex several years ago and she is now recoving nicely. Alex had found a perfect bone marrow match on the national bone marrow database. Matt, however, is not so lucky. After years and years of bone marrow drives all over St. Louis (his hometown) and in other places, the best match they have been able to find is a 30%. However, Matt's time is up. His organs are failing, and the doctors said it was nessessary to proceed with the surgery.
He is now waiting in a minniapolis hospital performing his pre-transplant routine (including intense doses of radiation and chemo therepy). In the downtime, his parrents have been tasked with keeping him occupied and his spirits high. They're idea was this: get 100,000 comments on their guestbook on their personal website, www.alexandmatt.com
Also, they want to see how much of a word of mouth chain they can form. For instance, I learned of the plan from my girlfriend, who learned from her mother and her mother from matt's parents. By me posting on this site and some (hopefully all) of yall visting his site and leaving a comment, that chain will hopefully grow. We have 2 weeks to get 100,000 comments, so tell everyone you know about this. It would only take a small amount of time to leave a message expressing whatever you would like. Mention also the chain of how you found out if possible, and your location like they wished. Also post something here so that the thread stays active and visable at the top of the forum, and tell everyone you know about this.
And also, more importantly, please keep him in your thoughts and prayers, he needs them now more than ever.
www.alexandmatt.com
click the "our guestbook" link on the right side
Thank you all so much and godbless
Hello everyone, I am a longtime lurker and not really much of a poster, but I have started this thread to ask a huge favor of everyone here.
My girlfriend has a very sick cousin who is only 9 years old. He has the disease known as Fanconi Anemia, a very rare blood disorder that causes bone marrow failure (making it impossible to produce a constant supply of healthy blood cells). Both him and his sister, Alex, were diagnosed with this condition almost 6 years ago. The problem can be cured with bone marrow transplant, and a surgery has been performed on Alex several years ago and she is now recoving nicely. Alex had found a perfect bone marrow match on the national bone marrow database. Matt, however, is not so lucky. After years and years of bone marrow drives all over St. Louis (his hometown) and in other places, the best match they have been able to find is a 30%. However, Matt's time is up. His organs are failing, and the doctors said it was nessessary to proceed with the surgery.
He is now waiting in a minniapolis hospital performing his pre-transplant routine (including intense doses of radiation and chemo therepy). In the downtime, his parrents have been tasked with keeping him occupied and his spirits high. They're idea was this: get 100,000 comments on their guestbook on their personal website, www.alexandmatt.com
Also, they want to see how much of a word of mouth chain they can form. For instance, I learned of the plan from my girlfriend, who learned from her mother and her mother from matt's parents. By me posting on this site and some (hopefully all) of yall visting his site and leaving a comment, that chain will hopefully grow. We have 2 weeks to get 100,000 comments, so tell everyone you know about this. It would only take a small amount of time to leave a message expressing whatever you would like. Mention also the chain of how you found out if possible, and your location like they wished. Also post something here so that the thread stays active and visable at the top of the forum, and tell everyone you know about this.
And also, more importantly, please keep him in your thoughts and prayers, he needs them now more than ever.
www.alexandmatt.com
click the "our guestbook" link on the right side
Thank you all so much and godbless
