Woman Needs Help to Save Niece's Life
By: Eugene Daniel
Updated: February 13, 2013
WASHINGTON - A woman is
fighting to keep her niece alive, and she's asking the community to help.
Rorie, 3, is a
beautiful little girl who likes dolls. Rorie's aunt, Charisa Ausfahl of
Washington, says her smile can light up a room.
"She's such a
sweet girl and you should hear her when she laughs," said Ausfahl.
But lately, there's
been less smiling. Recently Rorie, who lives in Texas, was diagnosed with
leukemia.
She desperately needs a
bone marrow transplant soon.
"It's been hard
being in Illinois," said Ausfahl. "I don't like feeling I can't really do
much."
So she's doing
something about. With the help of a donor registry, she hosted a bone marrow
drive at Camp Good News in Washington.
"Finding a match
for Rorie would mean giving her a whole new life and she could become a new
little girl," said Taylor Seemuth, organizer for "Be the Match."
With a simple swab of
the mouth, Rorie's life could be saved, and her family says she's running out
of time.
"Rorie is really
fighting hard to give us time to find a match. And doctors say the timeline to
find her match is early March," said Ausfahl.
That's why these drives
are being done specifically for Rorie, and they need as many donors as
possible. It only takes one match to save her life.
This was the first of a
series of bone marrow drives for Rorie.
The upcoming drives are
listed below:
ISU-Bone Student Center
Bloomington, IL
February 18, 2013
10AM-3PM
Proctor First Care
1120 E. War Memorial
Drive
Peoria Heights, IL
February 21, 10AM-3PM
Five Points Washington
Library
380 N. Wilmor Rd.
Washington, IL
February 21, 3:45 - 7:45
PM
