Tiberius Newbill's parents are asking potential donors to consider taking a quick test at a Monday event hosted by the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage to see if they might be a good match.
Six-year-old Tiberius Newbill with his mother, Tasha Newbill, and father, Enrico Newbill, at Seattle Children's Hospital, where he has spent the past year battling leukemia.
Tasha Newbill, Tiberius’ mother, said in an interview this week that the aggressiveness of her son’s cancer means finding a match is becoming increasingly urgent. , a national registry that helps match potential stem cell and bone marrow donors to people with leukemia or lymphoma.Patients are most likely to match someone who shares their ancestry, Youngblood said, adding that Alaska Native people make up less than 1% of the registry.
The chances of becoming a donor match are slim — only about 1 in 430 — but offering to join the registry is still seen as a commitment to donate if called upon, Youngblood said. The majority of donations are “a simple blood draw that takes about three hours,” she said. “So you get to sit, watch television and let the machine do all the work. You’re awake. It’s pain free. And it’s a really easy way to help save a life for Tiberius or anybody in need.”
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