Help heal a Savannah mom
Dianne Humes, a Savannah mother of two, has a rare form of lymphoma and needs a bone marrow match to save her life.
You may be her miracle match.
Dianne’s incredibly supportive friends have organized two bone marrow donor drives:
- 8:30 AM-6 PM, Fri. Feb. 13 in the Eckburg Lobby @ Savannah Christian Preparatory school.
OR
- 10 AM – 6 PM Sat. Feb. 28 @ Vickery’s in Southbridge.
Anyone, age 18-60, who meets the health guidelines, is eligible to donate and could end up being the life-saving match for Dianne.
We know y’all are busy. But donating is cinchy and will take only about 15 minutes. At the drive, you just fill out some paperwork requesting basic information as well as some health info. No needles. No blood. (Read more about donating by clicking here.) A $25 cost pays for typing of the marrow and is 100-percent tax deductible. You will be given four cotton swabs to swab the inside of your mouth in the cheek areas. The swabs are then placed in a plastic bag and ready to go for typing. Viola.
The information is then confidentially placed on a NATIONAL DONOR registry. If you are a match, then further testing will be required.
There are thousands and thousands of different bone marrow types, says Dianne’s friend Suzanne Smallwood. “This is why it is so critical to get as many people on the list as we possibly can,” says Suzanne. “Our priority is to find a match for Dianne. But our hopes are that we will not only find Dianne’s match, but others as well.”
Once on the registry, you can remove your name at anytime for any reason.
We wish Dianne and her family all the strength in the world to beat this cancer.
(Dianne is pictured here with husband Chris and children Molly and Hayden)