Ashley Oakes – Blessed to Have Her Son, Her Family, and Her Life
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Ashley Oakes
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eBulletin / eInsider (story of hope)
Inspiring young survivors
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Chris Nein
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Luke Gane, Aplastic Anemia Survivor and UCLA Bruin
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Luke Gane
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Feeling at home in the muddy water
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Debby Cook
"May we live like the lotus, at home in the muddy water.”
Judith H. Lasater, PhD
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Builds supportive community to help him with MDS and bone marrow transplant
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Duane Draper
When Duane Draper was diagnosed with MDS in July, 2009, the 57-year-old father of two grown children was asymptomatic and didn’t even realize that there was a problem with his health. Though he had been feeling slightly more fatigued, he attributed it to aging and didn’t worry about it. However, during a physical, his physician did some routine blood work and discovered that all three of his blood counts were low.
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