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It Could Be You!
Give
seven year-old Keiton a chance of life.
32 year-old Mother, Paris Knight has made a desperate plea for mixed-race
donors to come forward and help save the life of her seven year-old
son Keiton.
Paris told her heart-wrenching story to the Sun newspaper in a bid to try and reach more potential donors and now Intermix.org.uk are on the case to try and get people to come forward to give Keiton a chance of life.
Keiton has an extremely rare blood cancer and although he is undergoing intensive chemotherapy at the moment the only treatment that can ensure he is on the road to recovery is a bone marrow transplant. The potential donor needs to be mixed-race with one black parent and one white parent and aged between 18 - 44.
Paralysed from the waist down for the past eight months by tumours on his spine, Keiton needs to have a bone marrow transplant in the next three months but because of his mixed-race background and despite a worldwide search, a donor has yet to be found.
The family have organised drive/clinic days where people can go down and give blood to hopefully be the match they are waiting for. If you are not a match to Keiton, then YOU could potentially save another child’s life.
The confirmed dates so far are: Sunday
27th & Monday 28th August at the Notting Hill Carnival, the venue
will be the Kensington Temple Church on Kensington Park Road. Time: 11am
till 7pm. 27th Sept EC2, 1st Oct N9, 3rd Oct EC1, 4th Oct WC1, 5th Oct
WC2. The family have the backing of the African
Caribbean Leukaemia Trust and the Anthony Nolan
Trust Tel: 0207 2841234.
A few members have contacted us regarding previous requests for bone
marrow donors and have said that staff were not always very helpful and
sometimes put them off pursuing their donation. Can we ask that you please
persevere, yes we know that the system doesn't always work as well as
we'd like it to but that doesn't mean you should give up. They are individuals
out there depending on you to help save their lives. Please contact us
if you have any problems trying to register as a bone marrow donor and
we will ensure that your enquiry is treated seriously.
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