February 2012
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Watchsuperamit:
CBS Boston came by my hospital room yesterday to do an interview about my story so far + the urgent need for more donors to register. Here’s the video!
(It’s about 2 and a half minutes.)
January 2012
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cheekswab.org
While Amit continues to recover from the bone marrow transplant process, it’s important to remember that the need for minority donors still exists. The struggle to find a donor is not over for thousands of minority patients every year who find themselves in similar circumstances. http://www.cheekswab.org/ is a new website that’s launched in the last two weeks in hopes of putting...
December 2011
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Amit Gupta on The Takeaway →
The Takeaway, a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International, interviewed Amit this morning. Have a listen for an update about the donor search.
What Happens Now?
There have been a lot of questions about what’s going on with Amit now that our deadline has passed. (Nov 30th — chosen based on Amit’s doctor’s optimal treatment schedule and the amount of time it takes the NMDP to process and make a swab available to search.)
In short, we wait.
In the meantime, Amit will receive chemotherapy while his doctors work to identify and...
November 2011
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October 2011
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Thanks for visiting!
We’re incredibly appreciative. This site is brand-new so we’re still working out a few kinks and finishing up some pages.
A HUGE thanks to David Cole and Tag Savage for pulling an all-nighter to design it!
First Bone Marrow Test Clean!
Following his week-long induction chemotherapy, Amit’s family got the results of his first bone marrow test today, and it’s clean!
He’ll be having another test in two weeks, and if that’s clean too, it’s a great sign and it means treatment can proceed as planned.