marymoo86
12-06-2018, 12:22 AM
I wish I could help.
I can’t even imagine how incredibly difficult and stressful this must be. Please share.
-- “An international search is on to find some of the rarest blood in the world to help save the life of a 2-year-old South Florida girl.
Zainab has neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer. More than 1,000 local and national donations have been tested to match her blood; but of those, only three people have her rare blood type.
The toddler's blood is missing a common antigen that the majority of people have in their red blood cells. That antigen is called "Indian B." The matching donor would need to be missing their Indian B antigen and have blood types "O" or "A".
Statistically the only people who are likely to be a match are exclusively of Iranian, Indian or Pakistani descent. Even among those groups, only four percent are missing the Indian B antigen, according to Oneblood, the group that is working to find donors for Zainab.”
Unfortunately her parents are not compatible :(
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/florida/some-of-the-rarest-blood-in-the-world-is-needed-to-save-a-2-year-old-florida-girl/67-620140365
I can’t even imagine how incredibly difficult and stressful this must be. Please share.
-- “An international search is on to find some of the rarest blood in the world to help save the life of a 2-year-old South Florida girl.
Zainab has neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer. More than 1,000 local and national donations have been tested to match her blood; but of those, only three people have her rare blood type.
The toddler's blood is missing a common antigen that the majority of people have in their red blood cells. That antigen is called "Indian B." The matching donor would need to be missing their Indian B antigen and have blood types "O" or "A".
Statistically the only people who are likely to be a match are exclusively of Iranian, Indian or Pakistani descent. Even among those groups, only four percent are missing the Indian B antigen, according to Oneblood, the group that is working to find donors for Zainab.”
Unfortunately her parents are not compatible :(
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/florida/some-of-the-rarest-blood-in-the-world-is-needed-to-save-a-2-year-old-florida-girl/67-620140365