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Back in February I wrote about my friend Jake’s girlfriend Christine. A lot of bloggers and readers helped out by signing up on the registry, donating money, spreading the word, and sending well wishes to Jake and Christine. We were very surprised at and grateful for the response. It’s really remarkable how much people are willing to help complete strangers.

It’s been a while since that post, and I owe it to everyone to let people know how thing’s are coming along. Unfortunately, things haven’t really gotten better. Here’s the latest news from Christine, posted to her site forum yesterday:

Well, I got my scan results this afternoon and they were not good. There’s no other way to put this. The cancer is progressing. My doctors even wanted to admit me to the hospital today but the soonest they could schedule me for surgery (to implant a hickman catheter) is next Wednesday. I will be admitted and administered chemotherapy 24 hours a day for several days on a different and very potent anti-cancer cocktail twice over the next few weeks. They want to give me a marrow transplant as soon as possible. But we don’t have a perfect match. The closest we have found is only a partial match with high-risks/low-survival potential… and we’re not even sure if this partial match is willing to donate. Unless a miracle happens and my perfect match signs up on the national marrow registry in the next two to four weeks, my doctors say that all I have left is hope.

Continue reading Scan results.

For more information on Christine, including the latest news and upcoming events, check out SaveChristine.com. If you are of Filipino descent and are considering a marrow donation, please go to www.marrow.com or call 1(800) MARROW2 to find the closest location to take the test and register for the national bone marrow registry. Even if you are not a match for Christine, you might be able to help someone else. There’s really no commitment at any step of the process, so if at some point you change your mind and decide to withdraw, that’s perfectly fine.

Thanks for reading.

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