BBCWhen Kirkel's female Arana Campbell signed up to become a potential stem cell donor, she knew that she could match her in line with her.
However, she felt that she had to do something after the NE Robin was diagnosed with a rare genetic impairment 15 years ago and needed a stem cell transplant to save her life.
Surprisingly, within six months of registration, she was informed that it was a perfect match for French women.
“I have to say that I actually cried. I don't cry now,” she said.
She wants to talk about it to help others go to the register.
Robin's parents are very fortunate to be able to find stem cell donors for him when he gets sick at the age of three.
Nobody in the family was a game, but they were able to find a little further.
“That's the Italian donor. That's it. We don't know anything anymore,” said Robin's father, Jeffrey Calvat.
“I want to know who he is or that.”
But regardless of who he is, Robin may not be today, knowing if he has signed up because he is a donor.
Currently, the probability of a game for those who need stem cell donation is about 800.
Blood Cancer Charity DKMS Michael Gallagher said that more people need more people to enhance the possibility of survival to others.
“I saw that nearly 100,000 people were registered with us in 2019, and now we have half of them,” she said.
He said every year that hundreds of people in the UK were not suitable for them.
What is stem cell transplant?
Stem cells or bone marrow transplants are replaced with damaged blood cells with healthy blood cells. It can be used to treat blood cells such as leukemia and lymphoma.
Stem cells are special cells generated by bone marrow (spawn -like tissue at the center of several bones) that can be changed to various types of blood cells.
Stem cell transplanting includes destroying unhealthy blood cells and replacing them with stem cells removed from blood or bone marrow.
Stem cell transplantation is used to treat the bone marrow damaged and can no longer produce healthy blood cells.
The transplant can also be performed to replace the damage or destroyed blood cells as a result of centralized cancer treatment.
Since Arana saw a donation of stem cells from both sides, she is passionate about signing up to others.
She remembered the day I donated, and someone was waiting for one of the small suitcases on an airplane.
She said it was something like a movie.
What she knew was that she was very sick in her 50s.
She received a phone call the following year she told her she was still alive.
“It was a very emotional journey. I'll do it again tomorrow,” she said.
