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STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS SPONSOR BLOOD DRIVE FEB. 2 & 3 IN HONOR OF
BRYCE CHESSER
Contact:
Tia Trivison, Mgr., Marketing & PR for Clinical
Services, 740-593-9572 or Lindsay
Levenson, Ohio University Campus Blood Coord.,
740-589-7003
ATHENS,
Ohio -- The Ohio University Mortar Board Senior National
Honor Society and Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity is
sponsoring an American Red Cross blood drive on February 2
and 3 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at the Ohio University
Jefferson Hall Library on the East Green.
The blood
drive is being organized in honor of Bryce Chesser, a
3-yr-old New Marshfield youth diagnosed with neuroblastoma,
a form of childhood cancer, this past June.
Bryce, a
patient of Dr. J. Phillip Jones, the Chair of the Pediatrics
Department and Chief of the Medical staff at O'Bleness
Memorial Hospital,
is being treated by oncologists at Children's Hospital in
Columbus and has undergone chemotherapy, radiation and four
surgeries -- including a stem cell transplant on December 7.
The son of
Charles Chesser, Bryce requires transfusions of platelets
twice weekly to help his blood clot. Bryce was released from
the hospital on January 10 and will reside with his mother
in Columbus to facilitate regular hospital check-ups.
"Bryce is
groggy, but in good spirits and very happy to be home and
not in the hospital," reports Mr. Chesser. His doctors say
that he is doing well and his bone marrow has been free of
cancer. Bryce continues to receive radiation therapy to
eradicate cancer spots in his bones. Although blood cannot
be donated directly to Bryce, blood donations help keep the
local blood supply healthy for all patients who desperately
need blood products to survive.
According
to Lindsay Levenson, Ohio University Campus Blood Drive
Coordinator and President of the Mortar Board Senior
National Honor Society, the two-day blood drive is targeting
students, faculty and staff with a goal of 170 pints.
Appointments are required for this blood drive. Call the
American Red Cross at 593-5273 or Lindsay Levenson at
589-7003 to make an appointment.
*The
Gilham Frank VFW Auxiliary #8804 will sponsor a separate
blood drive in honor of Bryce Chesser for the New Marshfield
community on Saturday, March 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Waterloo Community Center, 3991 Old St. Route 56. To
schedule an appointment, call 664-6132 or 664-4671.
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