Marrow/Blood Drive July 9th for chippie's son

[chris51g]

Just thought I would pass this along...

Marrow/Blood Drive Sat, July 9th in honor of CHP officer's (class II-07) 4 month old son who is need of a bone marrow transplant to survive.
10am-4pm at Weaver Elementary in Los Alamitos. There will be free food for those that donate. A silent auction will be held from 11am-1:30pm.

For those of us nearby, we should go to show our support.

**this is not a CHP sponsored event. The officers at the station are putting this together on their own time.

[jadams]

doesnt a Marrow donation take surgery? Im interested in this and just looking for more info.

LMK, thanks

[chris51g]

To become part of the National Bone Marrow Registry, you would just have to submit a swab from your cheek. If you are not local to a marrow drive, you can contact marrow.org for a free kit. They mail it to you, you swab your cheek and mail it back.
If chosen as a match for someone in need of a transplant, then a surgical procedure in which liquid marrow is withdrawn from the back of the donor's pelvic bones using special, hollow needles. General or regional anesthesia is always used for this procedure, so donors feel no needle injections and no pain during marrow donation. Most donors feel some pain in their lower back for a few days afterwards.

[jadams]

k, thanks. Ill check this out. I would love to help if possible.

[LadyVol@330]

I am so sorry not to be able to help anymore, but it's because of my age. I was in the Registry for about ten years and they upped the age five more years. Got as close as the very last screening for someone in SoCal, but then ruled out as a 100% match. I would give anything to be able to be a bone marrow donor for someone. I hope a complete match will be found, and very soon.

[G-Man]

doesnt a Marrow donation take surgery? Im interested in this and just looking for more info.

LMK, thanks

It depends. There is two ways to do it. The first is the most invasive, that involves actually drilling into the large bones (hip/pelvis) and drawing out the marrow.

The other, which is more common (especially in the US) is a one week hospital stay with IV medication given which allows the stem cells to move easily out of the bone marrow and into the bloodstream. Then there is a procedure (like dialysis) which takes the blood and removes the stem cells, no surgery required.

The marrow is used for the stem cells it contains.

[AyatollahGondola]

It depends. There is two ways to do it. The first is the most invasive, that involves actually drilling into the large bones (hip/pelvis) and drawing out the marrow.
When I was a teenager, I had a bone graft from this area. very painful, and sore for a few years after. Personally I'd opt for the other methods

[SB 405]

Anytime you use the words drill and bone in the same sentence...i'm out.

[AyatollahGondola]

Anytime you use the words drill and bone in the same sentence...i'm out.
Yeah, it ain't much of a sales pitch

[LadyVol@330]

I was always informed per the donation materials that there might be an ache in the pelvic bone for about a week and that would be it. That's nothing compared to the fact that you might be the one who directly saves a life! I would be looking at the bigger picture here. I would think that a bone graft would be painful and am not surpised that the pain could remain for a very long time. Lucky for me that I don't mind pokes of any kind and have a high tolerance for pain (except once, and I won't go into that here).