Two Young Lives Lost and Many More Still in Need

As I was working out tonight I was scanning my twitter stream and saw a tweet by Louis Gray about the death of Nick Glasgow who lost his fight today against Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), a blood cancer. That tweet hit me hard because it comes on the heels of Michelle Maykin’s death who also died of leukemia this past July

I didn’t personally know either of them but followed their journeys closely and blogged about their quest to find a bone marrow donor match, which is often difficult to do, especially for those of Asian descent.

Nick was fortunate to find two donor matches and received a bone marrow transplant in early August. And at the beginning of September he learned that the transplant was working and that he was cancer-free. Unfortunately, by end of month the situation had changed and the cancer returned. And today he lost his courageous battle against leukemia. My heart breaks for his family and my thoughts and prayers are certainly with him, his family and friends.

If you’re reading this, I hope you take a moment to read more about Nick and Michelle, and help spread the word about bone marrow drives such as The National Marrow Donor Program’s "Be The Match" drives and those put on by the Asian American Donor Program in order to help others find a match.

Project Michelle: Be a Hero and Possibly Save a Life

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