Savita is a wife, mother, daughter and sister.
She is happy, funloving and full of life.
She is also suffering from a rare form of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
She was diagnosed with the condition in June
2007 and underwent extensive treatment which included three rounds of
chemotherapy which helped put the cancer into remission. The
cancer came back after a brief reprieve and Savita was admitted into
the hospital again in November 2008. She is undergoing chemotherapy
again at this time. Savita urgently needs a bone marrow transplant
to be cured. She has four siblings and while statistically the
probability of finding a suitable bone marrow match with a sibling are
1 in 4, none of them has turned out to be a match. We have therefore
started the search for an unrelated donor. The statistical probability
of finding a match is 1 in 100,000. But it is infinitely better than
not finding a match at all. Also, the chances of finding a match are more likely in someone of South Asian descent (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri-Lankan & Nepalese).
WE are her family. We have decided that we will not give up and will fight this battle together. We will organize drives to recruit bone marrow donors, we will search for new treatments, we will educate people about this dreaded disease and we will raise awareness about its causes and effects.
This website is our means of communicating with you. Please feel free to get in touch with us with any questions or suggestions.
Our first drive will be on Sunday, Nov 04, 2007 at 12 noon at 6 Watson Avenue, Rose Park, SA. Please click Upcoming Drives for details.
