Say a Prayer

Please take a moment to say a prayer for my cousin Sean who has recently been diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia. Here is a brief description.

(From Wikipedia.org: Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells.

The term 'aplastic' means the marrow suffers from an aplasia that renders it unable to function properly. Anemia is the condition of having reduced hemoglobin or red cell concentration in the blood. Typically, anemia refers to low red blood cell counts, but aplastic anemia patients have lower counts of all three blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.)

Anyways...it is treated similar to cancer. He is currently at M.D. Anderson in Houston taking chemo treatments. He is in need of a bone marrow transplant. The doctors have possibly found a donor that will match. Please pray that they will find a donor and that the transplant will be effective. Please also remember his wife Elena as she deals with the uncertainty of the situation and for my aunt and uncle (his parents) and his sister Lauren.

If you're not registered as a bone marrow donor please consider being a hero and saving someone's life. You may not be able to help Sean but you might be able to help someone else. Go to marrow.org for more information on being a donor.

Thanks!