April 2, 2009: Jessica and Jonathan were interviewed
on the 1290 radio station in London, Ontario.
Jonathan and family were on A-Channel London, Ontario
News on April 1, 2009.
Jessica Grossman, spoke about the search for bone marrow
donors to help her father on 1069fm.ca X-Fm on March 31
2009. Click
to listen to the Audio (MP3)
Recently, Jonathan Grossman, owner and founder of TheOffice.com
was diagnosed with a very rare bone marrow disorder called
"Myelofibrosis"
that destroys the body's ability to produce blood. This disease
affects only 2 people in a million, and if left untreated
will rapidly mature into an incurable and deadly form of leukemia.
Jonathan's only hope for survival is a bone marrow transplant.
Over the past several months, Jonathan's health has continued
to deteriorate, requiring him to undergo weekly hospital visits
to receive replacement blood transfusions. These transfusions
are his only means of survival until a bone marrow transplant
can be effected.
To date, a suitable bone marrow donor has not been found.
In an effort to find matching donors not only for Jonathan
but for the thousands of others who are also desperately seeking
a viable matching bone marrow donor, we are encouraging everyone
to get tested as soon as possible.
Donating bone marrow and/or stem cells poses little risk
to the donor as your body will regenerate the missing cells
quite quickly. But it could save someone's life.
First stage testing is a simple cheek swab that gets sent
to a lab for analysis. If this test shows you to be a likely
compatible donor, you will be contacted and asked to undergo
a blood test and health assessment to confirm your ability
to be a donor. Successful donors will have their expenses
covered.
CANADIAN DONORS
can get a FREE cheek swab test kit sent to them by mail by
filing out the online form at www.onematch.ca
USA DONORS can get
a cheek swab kit sent to them by mail for a $54 tax-deductible
contribution to cover laboratory testing costs. Use the online
form located at www.giftoflife.com
We urge you to, please, take the time to fill out the information,
test yourself, and mail it back.
It will take a small bit of time out of your day, but it
could add many more years to Jonathan's life, or one of the
many others in desperate need of a donor.
With heartfelt thanks,
Friends, Family and Employees of TheOffice.com
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Last updated: April 10th, 2009.
