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Could YOU Save Young Callum's
Life?
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family have launched a nationwide appeal to help
save the life of their 11-year-old son.
Alan and Karen Crawford from Clydebank hope that a
bone marrow donor can be found to help their son
Callum. He was diagnosed with acute myeloid
leukaemia in 2004 and underwent a gruelling course
of chemotherapy at Yorkhill hospital.
In March, the leukaemia returned and doctors said
Callum's best chance of survival was a bone marrow
transplant.
Callum's four brothers and sisters have been tested
but none were a tissue-type match for him. Mr
and Mrs Crawford urged more people to join the
Anthony Nolan Trust's register of bone marrow
donors.
Alan said: "We know it is unlikely we will
personally find a match for Callum from the clinics
our friends have set up, but Karen and I feel we
need to take positive steps to increase the register
of potential donors.
"Perhaps someone reading Callum's story will go on
to help someone else and another family will be
saved the agonising wait we are faced with.
"We remain positive that a donor will join the
register and help Callum, all it takes is one
special person to step forward and match Callum's
tissue type and you never know who or where that
person is."
Callum faced a harrowing time as he started his
third dose of chemotherapy to try to get the disease
into remission.
A donor recruitment team is visiting the Play Drome
in Clydebank twice this month in a bid to find
someone who can be added to the Anthony Nolan
register and save Callum’s life.
The first visit is on Sunday June 17 between 11am and
4pm,
with a second visit on Tuesday 19 June between 5pm and
8pm.
“Potential donors need to be between 18 and 40 and in good
health.
“Younger donors are clinically proven to make better donors.
“They will be asked to complete a medical form and then give
a small blood sample, less than a teaspoonful.
“This will then be tissue-typed and the information held on
our database, which is regularly searched for the thousands
of patients who are looking for a match.”
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The above information is taken from the website of
BBC News on 11 June 2007.
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