Jessie Quinn
Photo by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Jessie Quinn is an acute myelogenous leukemia survivor, a mother, wife, scientist—and pioneer. In September 2010, she was the first to participate in a Seattle Cancer Care Alliance clinical study led by Colleen S. Delaney, MD, that is making cord blood transplants a more effective option for adults.
Jenna Gibson
Photo by robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service
Jenna Gibson, 12, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia when she was 9 years old. She was treated with a cord blood transplant. She and her mother, Julie, shared their story.
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Kyra Diaz
Photo by Craig Terrones for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Kyra Diaz is just 11 years old, but she has stared down challenges few adults have faced. An extraordinary girl contends with a rare, life-threatening blood disease — and undergoes a made-to-order clinical study in cord-blood transplantation
Aimee Fagan, wife of Hugh, former patient, with Dr. Colleen Delaney
Photo by Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service
The trio locked eyes then locked arms – their first reunion since the grim days when Hugh Fagan’s survival seemed lost.
As Fagan stepped from that embrace, his wife, Aimee, held tight to her favorite scientist, Dr. Colleen Delaney. In a busy lobby at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in mid-August, Aimee kept hugging – and kept crying.
Every patient, care-giver or family has a compelling story to tell about the journey they went through to get a cord blood transplant and the special care they received. We invite you to share your story.
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