A friend of mine was diagnosed with leukemia, so we did a drive since there were very few Japanese in the registry. That was the first drive. It was really not about me. It was about the patient. I felt like I had to do it.
Leslie
"Two years after I was registered, they called me at my work. I remember thinking that if that were to be my child and someone was a match for him, I would want that person to say yes. So I knew it was the right thing to do."
A friend of mine was diagnosed with leukemia, so we did a drive since there were very few Japanese in the registry. That was the first drive. It was really not about me. It was about the patient. I felt like I had to do it.
"Two years after I was registered, they called me at my work. I remember thinking that if that were to be my child and someone was a match for him, I would want that person to say yes. So I knew it was the right thing to do."