Ashley Oakes – Blessed to Have Her Son, Her Family, and Her Life
It has been two-and-a-half years since being diagnosed with aplastic anemia aplastic anemia: (ay-PLASS-tik uh-NEE_mee-uh) A rare and serious condition in which the bone marrow
eBulletin / eInsider (story of hope)
Inspiring young survivors
Christopher Nein recently earned his fourth AA&MDSIF Scholarship award.
Feeling at home in the muddy water
"May we live like the lotus, at home in the muddy water.”
Judith H. Lasater, PhD
Builds supportive community to help him with MDS and bone marrow transplant
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.