Gaurav Bains is 2 years old. He urgently needs a bone marrow transplant.
LONDON, UK—Register to be a donor and help to possibly save his life and many others.
My name is Sunny Bains and this page is for Gaurav, my two year old son. We live with my wife, Gurprit and our four year old daughter Kiran in Tipton.
In June this year, shortly after Gaurav’s second birthday (we didn’t really celebrate because he was in hospital on an intravenous antibiotic drip and too ill and sad for a party, although we did have a little cake) we found out that he has a rare condition called Monosomy 7. Without a bone marrow transplant he will develop a particularly aggressive form of childhood leukaemia.
This is Gaurav’s story. I’m telling it in the hope that it will help more people realise the critical shortage of bone marrow donors (less than four per cent) in not only the Asian, but all non-white ethnic communities in the UK and encourage them to step forward and donate to help non-white blood cancer sufferers. To “give hope a chance”.
In order to register to become a donor please use the links below.
if you are aged 16 – 30 then register at Anthony Nolan http://www.anthonynolan.org/what-you-can-do/save-a-life/online-application.aspx
If you are over thirty then register with delete blood cancer at https://www.deletebloodcancer.org.uk/become-a-donor/basic-information.html
If you are unable to become a donor please help us by sharing this page and information.
Thank you.
