Could You Be Mandi's Hero?

The Canadian hockey community is appealing for help for Mandi Schwartz, a 22-year-old player with the Yale women's team. Mandi, whose family is from Wilcox, Saskatchewan, has acute myeloid leukemia and desperately needs to find a proper stem-cell donor so she can undergo a bone-marrow transplant to save her life. She needs to find a 10-out-of-10 DNA match in order to have a chance. Mandi was told on Wednesday, June 9 that she is currently in remission, a fact which means that she would be healthy enough now to undergo surgery.
Team Canada captain Hayley Wickenheiser hopes people will consider fighting for Mandi by signing up to see if they are a potential stem cell donor. “I think people are afraid to join because it could be invasive or 'hurt' and for 90% of the people, it's as much as taking a blood sample, so it's easier than you think. You just go online and register and then they will call you back within 10 days, send you a kit for a cheek swab and away you go.” If Mandi's own personal hero isn't found soon, she will have to accept a bone-marrow transplant from the closest DNA match possible, currently a 9-out-of-10 donor from Germany. The reason she's looking for someone else is because a 9-out-of-10 donor is far from the guarantee for success Mandi and her family are hoping for.
If you think you might have the makings of a personal hero for Mandi, you can go to "Become My Hero". If this story has resonated with you and you feel like finding out if you could be that one match to save the life of Mandi or anyone else who finds themselves in like need, go to the "one match stem cell and marrow network".