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homeschooling family in need of blood - AB - with an IgA


kindly forward

A friend of mine's little boy is very sick right now and the family
is in need of prayers. LOTS of them.

However, there is a more urgent need at this time. He needs a blood
transfusion and because of his illness and his blood type finding a
donor is a 1 in a million shot.

He is AB - with an IgA (immunoglobulin) deficiency

If you or anyone you know has this rare blood type and deficiency and
are willing to donate blood to Aaron, please contact me so I can get
you in touch with the family.

Aaron's caring bridge site --
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/aaronczup

ETA -

This is copied from my friend that is coordinating this effort,

Here is what we need to work on that EACH person can do:
1) Find out if your local blood bank will ship blood out of state if
we find a donor.

2) Email or call everyone we can to find a person with AB- blood and
get them tested for the deficeiny if they do not already know it.
When
you go in to donate blood, they have to type you. Ask prior to
starting to test for the IgA def. because it is not normally
something
they test for. If they KNOW they have AB- blood with a deficiency,
get
a hold of me ASAP (some people onsite have my number and can get a
hold of me in an instant.
)
3) Once we get the blood drive totally set up (Hosp PR, media, blood
bank, etc.), we will put out a call for anyone with AB- blood to get
tested for donation under Aaron's name.

Thanks so much guys!

Yes you can pass this on, the more people that see it the better.
Also
, if you or anyone can help please contact me, so I can get you in
tough with the family or the friend that is coordinating this effort.

Cara
cjouglard@...

If Cara's email address doesn't show for you, denny of hcecf
(www.hcecf.net) can get a hold of her.