Melinda Wang 是我們ED店一位同事的女兒，也是大統華大家庭中的一員、我們大家的家人。非常不幸，這個年僅17歲的女孩正在經歷著病魔的糾纏，最近Melinda被確診為急性骨髓性白血病（Acute myeloid leukemia，AML），這是一種骨髓性造血芽細胞（而非淋巴性芽細胞）異常增殖的血液惡性腫瘤，是白血病的一種。
目前，Melinda正在勇敢地與病魔抗爭著，看到她因為病痛瘦了很多，口腔潰瘍使她疼痛不堪，已經無法好好進食了。她正在等待一名同為亞裔血統的捐贈者拯救她的性命。可惜的是，根據幹細胞及骨髓網絡組織（Onematch）的數據顯示，只有16％的註冊捐贈者屬於亞裔血統，這意味著亞裔癌症患者通常更難找到匹配。亞洲/中國/越南幹細胞捐贈者池非常小。Melinda是亞洲人，她唯一可以找到幹細胞吻合的機會，可能就在你我之間！
Melinda的親友為她組織了一系列救助活動，任何年齡在17-35歲間希望幫助Melinda的亞裔健康人士都可以到現場進行口腔掃檢樣本採集，在這裡，我們也呼籲大家都參與進來，她是我們的家人，病魔無情，奪走了她的陽光和快樂，但家人有情，可能你就是那唯一的匹配者從而拯救了一個年輕的生命！
AB省
第一場
活動時間：2018年11月30日 下午1點至7點
活動地點：University of Alberta, Business Building (11211 Saskatchewan Dr NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R6)
第二場
活動時間：2018年12月1日 早上9點至下午7點
活動地點：University of Alberta, Business Building (11211 Saskatchewan Dr NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R6)
第三場
活動時間：2018年12月2日 下午3點
活動地點：Life Renewal Baptist Church of Edmonton(1751 Towne Centre Blvd NW, Edmonton AB, T6R3N9)
BC省
活動時間：2018年11月24日 早上10點至下午6點
活動地點：St. Joseph the Worker Parish (4451 Williams Rd, Richmond, BC V7E 5E3)
除了以上救助活動以外，我們正在與其他省份的救助中心聯系，將於不久在東岸範圍内也開展口腔掃檢樣本採集活動，屆時東岸的大統華員工便可以共同參與進來，為拯救Melinda獻一份愛心。
Melinda將於11月30日迎來她的18歲生日，讓我們用愛來溫暖她，祈禱她戰勝病魔，祝這個堅強的女孩18歲生日快樂！
Save our family member: Melinda Wang
Melinda Wang is the daughter of our ED store colleague, which is also a member of the Big T&T, Big family, a part of us. Unluckily, this 17 years old girl is now suffering from Acute myeloid leukemia (AML). It is is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal cells that build up in the bone marrow and blood and interfere with normal blood cells.
Currently, Melinda is fighting for her survival. Due to the disease, she has a painful mouth sores which is hard for her to eat and caused a lot of weight loss. She is now waiting for an Asian decent stem cell donor to save her life. According to the data of Onematch, an organization under the Canadian Blood Service, only 16% of registered donors are Asians descents. This makes it harder for Asian cancer patients to find a match because the stem cell donor pool of Asian is extremely small. Melinda is an Asian, so her chance of finding match stem cells might be among us!
Family and friends of Melinda Wang are organizing numbers of stem cell swab drives, specifically focusing on the need for Asian donors. The stem cell donor should be of Asian descent and be between the ages of 17 and 35. We encourage you to participate the stem cell swab event. Melinda is a part of us, the ruthless disease has already taken her health and happiness. With your caring, you might be the only match who can save this young life!
Edmonton, AB
1st Swab Event
Date: November 20, 2018
Time: 1pm - 7pm
Venue: University of Alberta, Business Building(11211 Saskatchewan Dr NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R6)
2nd Swab Event
Date: December 1, 2018
Time: 9am - 7pm
Venue: University of Alberta, Business Building(11211 Saskatchewan Dr NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R6)
3rd Swab Event
Date: December 2, 2018
Time: 3pm
Venue: Life Renewal Baptist Church of Edmonton (1751 Towne Centre Blvd NW, Edmonton AB, T6R3N9)
Richmond, BC
Date: November 24, 2018
Time: 10am – 6pm
Venue: St. Joseph the Worker Parish (4451 Williams Rd, Richmond, BC V7E 5E3)
Beside the above events, we are also planning stem cell swab drive in the Eastern Region. In the near future, more T&T employees are welcome in participate the swab drive and send hopes to Melinda.
Melinda will celebrate her 18th birthday on November 30th. Let us warm her heart up and pray for her to conquer the cancer. Wish the brave girl a happy birthday!
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