Teenager with Aplastic anemia needs the help of her Community

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Posted by: W.Thomley
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334.796.2366
Date: Sep 11 2015 9:20 AM

Callie Jernigan is a local young lady who has been involved in the horse community in Southeast Alabama for many years. Callie has been diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia. Aplastic anemia (AA) is a disease in which the bone marrow,& the blood stem cells that reside there,are damaged.This causes a deficiency of all 3 blood cell types(pancytopenia):red blood cells(anemia),white blood cells(leukopenia),& platelets(thrombocytopenia). Aplastic refers to inability of the stem cells to generate the mature blood cells.Her fight to beat this involves a lengthy hospital stay, several medical tests, medical procedures. Callie has a donor, the donor is her sister Caitlin. Callie & Caitlin are headed to Birmingham this week to get started on Callie’s treatment. This has been a really difficult time for this family.I have started a Booster for Callie which is a T-shirt fundraiser click the li nk below to visit our pagehttps://www.booster.com/courageouscallie Let’s do what we can to help them!Please Dothan and surrounding areas lets show this young lady the community’s support!!Thank you,Angie Laws




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