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ALL Survivors' Stories
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 |  | | Adult
Survivors of ALL |  | 
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Kelly Hatfield lives
in Michigan and was diagnosed with ALL in July, 2002. Kelly relapsed
and had a transplant from a Matched Unrelated Donor (MUD) in March, 2005.
 |  | | Childhood Survivors of ALL |
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- Katy
Herron's Leukemia Page. On May 14, 1996, three
year old Katy Herron was diagnosed with high risk acute
lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). While she was completing
treatment the family moved, and she is now being treated
at MD Anderson in Orlando, Florida.
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Milton
Mermikides is a muscian living in Hampton,
Middlesex, England. He was diagnosed with ALL in
November, 2004. His web page promotes "a positive
approach to healing and dealing with serious disease".
Do not worry, your hair is unlikely to grow back like
his!
- Bobby
McQuin was diagnosed with ALL in 1987 at the age
of 8. He relapsed twice before having a BMT in
September, 1993, with his brother Craig as the
donor. His site chronicles his bicycle trip across
America in the Spring of 1999 to raise awareness of
childhood cancer.
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Rachel's Page. Rachel is a 7 year old with
ALL. Her mother Monica wants to starts a support network
for children with cancer, where kids with cancer are
paired up with other children who have cancer.
- Dillon
Sligter lives in Canada and was diagnosed pre-B
Cell ALL in October 1998 at the age of 16 months. He was
considered standard risk and was treated with
chemotherapy. Unfortunately he relapsed in the marrow
and both testicles in October, 2000. He is scheduled for a matched
unrelated donor transplant in 2001.
- Travis Yon is a 5 year old
from Illinois who was diagnosed with Philadelphia Chromosome Positive
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ ALL) in May 1998. He had a BMT from
a matched unrelated donor (MUD) September 17, 1998 Travis at Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin. There
is a wealth of information on marrow drives on this page.
 |  | | In Memory of Those Who Passed Away from
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) |  | 
- Bernardo
Araújo é um menino de 11 anos, Brasileiro,
portador de leucemia linfoblástica aguda, que precisa
encontrar urgentemente um doador compatível de medula
óssea para a realização de um transplante. A
página traz fotos do Bernardo, uma breve
explicação sobre o que é medula óssea e
como se tornar um doador, e uma tabela com os endereços e
telefones de vários laboratórios no Brasil onde
é feita a tipagem de voluntários à
doação de medula óssea. Bernardo é um
anjo desde 30-12-1998. [Bernardo Araujo is an 11 year old Brazilian
boy who has acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and urgently needs to
find a compatible bone marrow donor for a transplant. This page has
pictures of Bernardo, a brief explanation of what the bone marrow is
and how to become a donor, as well as a table with telephone numbers
and addresses of several Brazilian laboratories where volunteers can
have their blood typed for the purpose of donating marrow. Bernardo
passed away December 30, 1998.]
- Gregory Brown was
diagnosed with ALL in March 1999 at the age of 14. He passed away on
September 14, 1999 from complications of a bone marrow
transplant.
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Rachel Blackwood
passed away at the age of 18 from ALL. She lived in Prescott, Arizona.
- Yossi Chain
, passed away in March, 2001 after two bone marrow transplants
using two different matched unrelated donors. Yossi was diagnosed
with ALL in September, 1997 at the age of 9..
- Joshua Eaton's
Story --a seven year old with Philadelphia chromosome
positive ALL who had a BMT and lives in Indiana. On March 14, 1997,
one year post BMT, Joshua suffered a relapse. He passed away October
15, 1997 surrounded by his Mom, Dad, his brothers Jason and Chaz,
his Uncle Richard and his nurse.
- Doris Gowen was
diagnosed with high-risk ALL in May, 1998 at the age of 12. She
relapsed in October, 1998 and had a bone marrow transplant with her
sister Rose being the donor. She relapsed again in March, 1999 and
passed away in May 1999 at the age of 13.
- Lucas Taylor Samuel
Hansen passed away July 13, 1999 at the age of 17 from
complications of ALL. He lived Australia.
- James Ledwith
passed away from relapsed leukemia on July 4th, 1996. He was
treated at the University of New Mexico by Marilyn Duncan, who did not
use then current treatment guidelines for pediatric ALL. A memorial
scholarship has been set up in James' memory.
- Shaun M. Simpson an honor student and promising musician, aged 17, of Everett/Seattle, Washington, lost his battle with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in October, 1996 after a bone marrow transplant donated by his father. This is a moving, warm tribute of a father for his son.
- Steven Trapp lived in San
Antonio, Texas with his parent's Linda and Dave and two sisters Emily
and Meredith. He was diagnosed with PH+ ALL in February, 2002 and had
a BMT in June, 2002. He relapsed in September, 2003 and passed away
July 13, 2004 at the age of 5.
- Paigé
Wilsek lived in Illinois and courageously battled ALL for 3
years. On August 7, in the arms of her family and surrounded by
friends, she passed away. She was 9 years old.
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