Fifteen year old Dimitrius Wilson is an energetic 9th grader from Long Island New York. This extremely gifted young man is a basketball, baseball, and track athlete as well as an outstanding student excelling in technology and science.
After experiencing persistent strep throat and pain in his knees a blood test result in March 2010 lead to a diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Young Dimitrius was suddenly thrust onto a difficult journey taking him away from an active life and from many of his family and friends.
Fortunately with initial rounds of chemotherapy he was able to achieve remission. However it was recently discovered that the Leukemia returned and doctors feel his best chance for survival is a bone marrow/stem cell transplant. Unfortunately Dimitrius does not have a matching donor in his family nor does he have a suitable match on the ‘Be The Match’ registry.
His parents who have a strong faith in God are asking others to join the registry in hopes they will be a match for Dimitrius or someone else in need. They want Dimitrius to reach his full potential in life. He already shows so much promise having produced two anime videos at a program at Hofstra University at such a young age. Perhaps he may follow in his grandfathers (Billy Wilson) footsteps who was the first African American to receive the coveted Thorpe Award, an honor he shares with the likes of the football great Jim Brown and became a semi-pro star in three sports.
After experiencing persistent strep throat and pain in his knees a blood test result in March 2010 lead to a diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Young Dimitrius was suddenly thrust onto a difficult journey taking him away from an active life and from many of his family and friends.
Fortunately with initial rounds of chemotherapy he was able to achieve remission. However it was recently discovered that the Leukemia returned and doctors feel his best chance for survival is a bone marrow/stem cell transplant. Unfortunately Dimitrius does not have a matching donor in his family nor does he have a suitable match on the ‘Be The Match’ registry.
His parents who have a strong faith in God are asking others to join the registry in hopes they will be a match for Dimitrius or someone else in need. They want Dimitrius to reach his full potential in life. He already shows so much promise having produced two anime videos at a program at Hofstra University at such a young age. Perhaps he may follow in his grandfathers (Billy Wilson) footsteps who was the first African American to receive the coveted Thorpe Award, an honor he shares with the likes of the football great Jim Brown and became a semi-pro star in three sports.
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