Christine Pecherra
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:01 amGood evening. ^_^ I have just seen on Nightline ABC that Christine Pecherra has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant. She is Filipina (like I am) and has been searching for a match. She doesn't want to die. 
That's so sad. To be a donor, you have be at least eighteen of age. I want to try taking the test to see if I'm the match she's looking for. Even if I am a match, I don't think I can donate my bone marrow because I'm underage. I saw her story in the Filipino newspaper a few months ago. I truly feel sorry for her. The problem is, if I am a match and I can donate (because no matches have been found), I'm afraid. I know I sound really selfish saying (typing) that, yet I really am. What happens if I don't have a bone marrow? I'm also very scared to have surgery. I want to (or at least, I think I do) to save a life. She doesn't want to die! That's what makes it more sad.
-God bless!
That's so sad. To be a donor, you have be at least eighteen of age. I want to try taking the test to see if I'm the match she's looking for. Even if I am a match, I don't think I can donate my bone marrow because I'm underage. I saw her story in the Filipino newspaper a few months ago. I truly feel sorry for her. The problem is, if I am a match and I can donate (because no matches have been found), I'm afraid. I know I sound really selfish saying (typing) that, yet I really am. What happens if I don't have a bone marrow? I'm also very scared to have surgery. I want to (or at least, I think I do) to save a life. She doesn't want to die! That's what makes it more sad.
-God bless!