Update on Dr. Anh Reiss: Worsening Health
Dr. Anh Reiss is an OB/GYN based out of Houston. A while ago, we ran a story on Dr. Reiss’ struggle to find a bone marrow match. Recently, I got back in touch with one of Dr. Reiss’ friends and former patients, Dylan Russell, to see how Dr. Reiss is doing. Dylan wrote:
Dr. Reiss is still working but struggling to keep up energy. She has to get blood transfusions often to keep up her blood oxygen level. We need people to continue pass the world along and get registered in the bone marrow registry. She still hasn’t found a match, nor have thousands of others. I just got confirmation that I am in the registry through asianmarrow.org. We need everyone to do this.
If you haven’t already, please advise your friends and family to register to be a bone marrow transfer, especially those on Vietnamese ethnicity. It is a simple process that could save many lives. Even some of us here at VTP have gotten our kit to register. To ease your mind of the mystery, the kit looks like this:
The kit comes free in the mail and has a prepaid envelope. It’s an easy, pain free activity that could save Dr. Reiss and many others like her. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
New Donor Information
Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches
244 S. San Pedro St. #503
Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://www.asianmarrow.org
Phone (888) 236-4673
Fax (213) 625-2807
James Bao is the co-founder and Executive Director of OneVietnam Network, a Ford Foundation funded project to inspire diaspora giving. Previously, James was a financial analyst covering the technology, telecommunications, and media space. James is an alumni of UC Berkeley with a degree in Business Administration. He was born in Da Lat, Viet Nam and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Find James on OneVietnam.
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Stephanie Oehrlein
