bone marrow
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Health
Simple Swabs Turn Students Into Saviors
When Usha Kaila’s sister was only 5 years old, a severe medical scare showed just how important bone marrow donations can be. “She was getting bruises really easily. We went to the doctor to kinda figure out what that was. And, she was needing blood transfusions, because she had a…
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Kajal Patel Receives Bone Marrow Transplant
Athens, GA- Last Spring, Athens Academy sixth graders gathered together on UGA’s campus with a mission: to help find a bone marrow match for their friend Kajal. Thanks to the students’ efforts, the Spartans and the Dawgs came together to save a little girl’s life. You have to be eighteen…