“There’s currently 4.1 million donors registered worldwide. And there was no one who matched Tiberius,” said Tasha Newbill about her 6-year-old son. Advocates are hosting a drive next week in hopes of connecting Tiberius with a matching donor.
An Anchorage boy is waiting for a life-saving stem cell transplant, but Alaska Native donors are scarceTiberius with his parents Enrico and Tasha Newbill at Seattle Children’s Hospital. June 19, 2021.
Since then, Tiberius has had more than 100 transfusions. He’s gone through a lot of chemotherapy. And, after an experimental stem cell transplant, he had brief remission before he relapsed this February. Now the family is hoping to find a donor for another transplant.It’s harder for Tiberius to find a match than it is for other patients — he’s Black, white and Inupiaq.
“To join the registry, you have to be 18 to 40 years old, meet the health guidelines and be committed to saving anyone’s life,” she said. “It’s not as bad as it sounds — they surgically remove it from your hip, and it kind of feels like you fell on the ice. You’re back to normal activities within a day,” Youngblood said.
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