Ben Lesser, a Walt Whitman High school senior, is battling leukemia at Children’s National Medical Center and is in critical need of a bone marrow donor. Since receiving the diagnosis about five weeks ago, he’s been in intensive care. Whitman High students, family and friends are rallying around him and encourage others to get tested […]
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February 28, 2020 |
March 1, 2019 |
Rare Disease Community Shares Unspoken Understanding at The Children’s Inn at NIH
Two families staying at The Children’s Inn at NIH in Bethesda have found comfort meeting others in the “rare disease community.” Lydia Mzame came to The Inn from Mombasa, Kenya to help her 13-year-old son who’s suffered from sickle cell disease since he was four months old. Mzame came with her husband and their two other children. […]
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