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Show I 1 1 III teen seeks aid : PROVO A Provo High School freshman will die if his family is unable to raise funds to pay for a bone marrow transplant for the youth and find a compatible donor. Shawn Stoneman, 14, started high school in September just as pi healthy as his classmates, but quickly came down with a case of I" J deadly "aplastic anemia." I The disease, which progresses rapidly, destroys the bone marrow's PI ability to produce blood cells, and chances of Shawn's survival p i without a marrow transplant are zero to 15 percent, medical officials j said. ;' The Stonemans have launched a fundraising effort to gather a r' ' $150,000 deposit required to admit Shawn to the UCLA Medical '' Center in Los Angeles, where the transplant procedure and recovery p would take place. The entire cost of the transplant is expected to ex- (:; ceed $300,000. Contributions of any amount may be sent to the Robert Shawn " Stoneman Trust at First Security Bank in Provo. Blood donations ': needed for Shawn until he can receive the transplant can be given at any hospital in the name of "Robert Shawn Stoneman at Primary V' Children's Hospital." 3 L; l |
