I am now a registered bone marrow donor. Today, there was a multi location registration drive all over Augusta and the surrounding area sponsored by "Be The Match," the national bone marrow donor program. It was being done in honor of a young boy with leukemia who started his treatment at MCG Children's Hospital. He is now at St. Jude's after receiving his third bone marrow transplant. I have come to enjoy reading the updates in his story that his father posts. He and his family are very inspirational. So, I signed up. A couple cheek swabs and a sticker later, I am on my way to potentially saving a life. I realize that the process can be very painful, but I figure that me being in a little pain is better than someone else dying. Thanks to advancements in the process, too, it has become substantially less painful and invasive than in earlier days of bone marrow transplants. If you would like to register as well, please visit http://www.marrow.org/. From this site, you can either find a registration drive near you, or order a free kit with the swabs and a postage paid envelope to send them back. I urge you to visit the website, learn more about it, and find out if you can be the match!!
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