Tiberius Newbill is an Anchorage boy who needs a stem cell transplant. His mother is hoping two donor registry drives will help find a match, which has so far been elusive.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Tiberius Newbill celebrated his birthday in a Seattle hospital. The grinning 6-year-old from Anchorage got plenty of cards and presents, but his mother, Tasha Newbill, said the one gift they were hoping for still hasn’t come through.Nearly a year ago Tiberius was diagnosed with AML, a serious form of childhood leukemia. Newbill said they were on a plane the next day to the Seattle Children’s Hospital and have been there ever since.
“He had his first stem cell transplant in November of last year and, unfortunately, he relapsed after 80 days,” Newbill said. “There are approximately 4.1 million donors right now on the registries around the world,” she said. “And there was no one for Tiberius.” Youngblood said it, too, involves a quick cheek swab so that people can be tissue typed. If people match a patient in need, they’ll be contacted to make a donation which Youngblood said is likely to be a procedure that resembles giving blood.
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