BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Edmonson County native, Robin Gipson, battles most cancers. She was informed that her finest likelihood of survival is a blood stem cell transplant.

Gipson and her household partnered with DKMS to host a donation drive.

Carol Goplin, U.S. Donor Recruitment Supervisor for DKMS, says, “In hopes of discovering a appropriate donor for Robin, and any of the 15-thousand sufferers in want throughout the state.”

Family and friends held raffles and a stay public sale to boost funds for Gipson’s remedy and care.

Jody Meredith, Gipson’s cousin, says, “There’s most likely not lots of people that donate to that, and like I stated there’s an amazing quantity of individuals in want proper now.”

In accordance with DKMS, 70 % of individuals affected by blood-related sicknesses should depend on donors outdoors of their households to avoid wasting their life.

“The primary place we search for a donor is of their household. Solely 25 % of sufferers discover that appropriate match of their household, so getting folks on the registry who don’t have a member of the family is actually essential for these 15-thousand sufferers in want,” Goplin provides.

Officers encourage anybody in good well being between the ages of 18 and 55 to register.

Goplin says, “We’re registering folks throughout the globe to assist folks around the globe with blood cancers similar to leukemia, lymphoma, sickle cell anemia. For lots of sufferers in want this may be the one remedy for them when chemotherapy, radiation, and surgical procedure can’t assist them.”

To study extra about blood stem cell donation or to register on-line, go to dkms.org/robin.

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