Rihanna Helps Leukemia Patient Find Bone Marrow Donor
NEW YORK A leucaemia patient in desperate need of a bone bone marrow transplant has established a giver after Grammy Award-winning vocalizer Rihanna publicised her case, Citizenry magazine reported.
“The English linguistic communication does non have phrased that are equal to give thanks someone for doing work to salvage your living,” Lisa Gershowitz Flynn, of New York City, indited in an e-mail to supporters Thursday, Citizenry.com reported.
Flynn, a 41-year-old attorney and mother of two small small fries, was named in November 2007 with acute myelogenous cancer of the blood, a growing cancer of the rakehell and bone bone marrow. People.com informated last calendar month that doctors had got told Flynn she needful to encounter a bone marrow donor inside four to six weeks.
Rihanna held done old work with DKMS, an international bestower network based in Tubingen, Federal Republic of Germany. “When I heard about Lisa’s quandary, my bosom broke,” the 20-year-old vocaliser told the mag last calendar month.
Rihanna’s campaign to aid Flynn set off more than 5,000 calls and e-mails to DKMS, and about 2,000 new conferrers have filed, executive frailty president Katharina Harf emphasised.
It wasn’t clear how or when Flynn’s 32-year-old bestower registered with the organisation. Flynn has expressed she was affected by Rihanna’s endeavors.
Rihanna, gave birth Robyn Rihanna Fenty, and Jay-Z gained a Grammy last calendar month in the blame/sung coaction category, for her hit “Umbrella.” She was latterly named an honorary cultural embassador for her native Barbados.