Show Cancer patient Jane Ann Lee gets help Nicki Boodrookas Staff Writer T ANE Ann Lee former lANE J J model and student fias las nas been diagnosed with chronic leukemia that will take her life in less than a year if a donor for a bone marrow transplant is not found To Tomake Tomake Tomake make it easier for students students students stu stu- dents and faculty to contribute contribute contribute con con- tribute to the registry the University of Utah Bone Marrow Marrow Marrow Mar Mar- row Unit will be set up in the CC Sunken Lounge from 1100 am a.m. to pm p.m. on Jan 18 A time full-time student and a single parent with a year two-year- old little girl Lees Lee's only insurance insurance insurance in in- option is Medicaid Due to a current Medicaid policy Lee is forced to pay for forthe forthe forthe the donor search as well as the harvesting of the bone marrow A commitment has been made to help Lee raise the needed to complete the search and har har- vest the marrow by the academic counseling counseling counseling counsel counsel- ing Student Nurses Alliance clubs and the business com com- On Jan 9 at 1200 pm p.m. in inthe inthe inthe the CC Sunken Lounge Mark Austin from the Intermountain tain Bone Marrow Donor Registry at Hospital and Ellen Fisher supervisor of the University of Utah Blood Donor and Center will be here to educate the public about what it means to be tested They will also explain the process involved in giving bone marrow According to sta statistics from the Intermountain Bone Marrow Donor Program the odds are between 1 in and 1 in that any two unrelated individuals will have matching tissues It is critical that an extensive donor file be available such as the National Bone Marrow Registry for there to be a chance of a match that will help Lee In order for individuals to get on that registry one need only go to ARUP ARU located at atthe atthe atthe the University Hospital room or the Intermountain Bone Marrow Donor Program at the Hospital blood bank In addition to the Bone Marrow Unit being on campus campus campus cam cam- pus there will be a host of other activities on January 18 which will include a live broadcast by FM and a reception for Jane Ann after her arrival by way of AIR MED Pizza will be sold at lunch in the CC and a Marathon Dance will be held from pm p.m. to am a.m. a.m.- a.m. prizes will be given A contest contest contest con con- test is also underway which will provide individual students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents and collective classes with the opportunity to be rewarded for their r r yx j ch f 4 4 P 5 f i 1 S f bl m Ii 7 J 1 p d t 4 T sue Y s |