Fsu Football
A few weeks ago, Jimbo Fisher and his wife Candi asked that everyone sign up to be bone marrow donors. Friday his players signed up.
Bert Reed is a wide receiver for the Seminoles. He said,?When you talk about family, and being able to help somebody that?s in need. It always puts things in perspective for me.?
Coach Fisher?s son, Ethan, has Fanconi Anemia, and will need a bone marrow transplant. Friday morning the football team swabbed their cheeks to see if they are a match.
?Whatever we can do to help Coach Fisher, and help some other people out that would need a transplant. We?ll do that,? said Quarterback EJ Manuel.
The players said filling out the form is the hardest part of seeing if they can be a match. if they do match up, they say if they can take a hit, surely they can give some bone marrow.
The process is not as painful as it used to be. Now they can do it like you would to give blood, and if they do it on your hip, you are put to sleep.
Shawn Powell, FSU Punter, said, ?It doesn?t really matter what the procedure is, because we know the long term goal of the process.?
In addition to Friday?s drive , the school has events planned for both home games against Miami on November 12, and Virginia on November 19.
Posted by: Marc Silver on Aug 29, 2011 at 08:53 AM thank you Posted by: Marc Silver Location: be The Match on Aug 29, 2011 at 08:52 AM be The Match operated by the National Marrow Donor Program held the drives for FSU and we will be back up there a few times this semester. please call me directly if you would like to join the registry. Marc Silver 727-329-1952. Posted by: Gina Location: San Clemente on Aug 27, 2011 at 12:32 PM you can sign up online to join the national registry by going to www.getswabbed.org and register. please click on "be a Hero become a Donor" in the pulldown menu. you will receive your cheek swab in a few days. Realize the odds of matching a patient in need are slim, but imagine being the one person in the world to give hope to that patient in need. For more info on being a marrow donor, watch this?.http://www.youtube.com/watch?