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-^F'- MAY 20,1992 - WCC CAMPUS VOICE 11 Hilitarx donors await their turn to give blood sanples. PHOTOS: BRENDA MCCARTY Marrow drive attracts 150 volunteers Kaxdene Dean (1), civilian donor, gives 3 test tubes of blood. By BRENDA MCCARTY On Sunday, March 22, 1992, 152 volunteers responded to a bone marrow blood drive held in the Atrium o-f the LC Building -for Diana Dunham from 12-6 p.m. Dunham, a -former UlCC nursing student, learned she had leukemia in July 1991. She now urgently needs a bone marrow transp 1 an t. Dunham contacted Debbie Lamm, a Red Cross pheresis consultant, about setting up a bone marrow blood drive at UCC. Lamm, a 1971 WCC graduate, began her own crusade for bone marrow donors when her husband Kelly was diagnosed wi th 1eukemi a. Prior to the WCC blood drive, Dunham and Lamm arranged for an educational seminar on March 11-12 for potential bone marrow donors in the Health and Science Building. Interested prospective donors saw a film explaining the bone marrow transplant procedure. The speaker, Ann Little from Lucama, spoke on her recent experience in donating bone marrow. Dunham closed the semi nar wi th a question-answer period. Since the bone marrow blood drive, Dunham''s 2 year old son Alex has been tested and found to have 5 out of 6 matching antigens. The Dunhams will go to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on Monday, May 11, 1992, for further testing to see if Alex's bone marrow will be com— pat i b1e for the transpI ant. The bone marrow drive attracted people from surrounding areas as we I 1 as 1 oca) citizens, many of whom were willing to donate the ^60 testing fee. Various fund drives paid the fee for 100 civilian volunteers. Department of Defense funds paid for 52 mi 1i tary to be tested. Persons tested will have their blood HLA- typed to identify their antigens, a substance which induces the format i on of an t i- bodi es. The lab results are then stored in the National Marrow Donor Program's main computer. A preliminary match is made and then additional blood tests are requested in search o-f a “perfect match." A perfect match for Dunham means 6 antigens from the donor match 6 o-f hers. Uayne Donalson (I) and Handy HcNally (r) from Havelock receive thanks and refreshments from MS6T Mark Uallace of the 191st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, friend of the Dunhams. Prior to receiving the new marrow, Dunham will undergo a rigorous treatment of chemo therapy and radiation to kill her own bone marrow. After Dunham receives the donated marrow, it will take about two weeks for evidence of a "graft" which means her marrow has begun producing new blood cel Is. Family Haircare Hair Designer (Designing Women 1006 Berkeley Blvd. Goldsboro, NC 27530 751-5117 TAMI WHITE Service Coordinator ficnoN /wmDora 706 E. Ash Street P.O. Box 1312 Goldsboro, NC 27533 emporaries CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT GREAT SUMMER JOBS FOR GOOD PEOPLE 734-2111 NO FEES
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