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How to join the bone marrow registry and donate blood in Tampa Bay
The need is great for people of color.
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A volunteer instructs Sheena Silva, 37, and her husband, Peter Silva, 41, while they perform cheek swabs during a Feb. 13 drive-through event in support of 8-year-old Jakobe Washington, who is fighting acute lymphoblastic leukemia. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
Updated Mar. 11
Every year about 18,000 people across the country are in need of a bone marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Because of disparities in the worldâs bone marrow registries, minorities and patients of mixed racial backgrounds face a far greater challenge than their white counterparts in finding a match.
At 3 a.m., Imeria Price and Jordan Washington got
up to take their 8-year-old son to the emergency room. Jakobe had fallen ill earlier that day at a baseball tournament in Georgia, so they returned home to Punta Gorda.
At first, his symptoms resembled a typical infection. Sore throat. Swollen lymph nodes. Fatigue. Then came the blood-red spots on his mouth.
From
the hospital, a helicopter
flew Jakobe to Johns Hopkins All Childrenâs Hospital in St. Petersburg, a 25-minute ride. His parents trailed behind, a 2-hour car journey ahead of them, unsure what would come next.
A doctor called them about
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Popping an aspirin a day has been shown to keep the heart doctor away, especially for patients who’ve suffered a heart attack or stroke.
Anthony Bavry, MD, a cardiologist formerly of UF Health said, “In those patients, it’s always been assumed that aspirin was beneficial, and it’s widely recommended.”