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Metro Detroit family still searching for bone marrow match for young boy
Read full article: Metro Detroit family still searching for bone marrow match for young boyProject We Hope Dream and Believe, Citadel of Faith Covenant Church and the Ink-Town Ryderz Car Club are working to find a bone marrow donor for a young boy.
Metro Detroit family celebrates end of 11-year-old’s battle with sickle cell disease
Read full article: Metro Detroit family celebrates end of 11-year-old’s battle with sickle cell diseaseBELLEVILLE, Mich. – One Metro Detroit family is celebrating a clean bill of health for their 11-year-old son who has battled sickle cell disease since birth. The journey for 11-year-old Jackson Walker has been difficult one, being diagnosed with sickle cell disease when he was born. “We have been going in and out of the hospital with him,” said Esther Walker, Jackson’s mother. “On Nov. 15, Jackson actually had the bone marrow transplant done to get cured of sickle cell,” Esther Walker said. I feel great.”Though the Walker family could not be happier about their son’s progress, the family now continues their battle financially.