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ANIKA a baby girl to Poornima and Shrinivas Nayak of Tampa, FL on May 7th 2002. Anika's maternal grandmother Smt. Bharati.S.Pai is here to welcome her from Delhi, India.
AKSHAD a baby boy to Rupa and Rajesh Pai of Naperville, IL on March 14th 2002.
Akshad's both grandmother's are here visiting him from Kochi, India.
SANJANA a baby girl to Priya and Naresh Mahale of Memphis, TN on March 14th 2002.
Sanjana's maternal grandmother is here to greet her from Bombay, India.
ADITI a baby girl to Soumya and Vivek Shanbhag of Atlanta, GA on March 8th 2002.
Aditi's paternal grandparents are here to welcome her from Bombay, India.
NEIL, a baby boy to Surekha and Rajan Prabhu
of Naperville, IL on January 30th 2002. A brother to Divya Prabhu.
AVIK a son to Ashwin and Preethi Shenoy of Encino,CA on September 22nd
2001, a brother to Achala. His maternal grandparents are Dr. Mohan and Lalitha Shenoy
of Encino, CA.
Chi. Mohan of Detroit, MI, S/O Mr. Mundkur Venkatraya Kamath and Mrs. Rohini
Kamath, Kalwa, Thana, married to Sow. Bhavana, D/O of Srinivas Kamath and
Smt. Premalatha Kamath, of Manglore in Sion, Mumbai, on July 12th, 2001.
Sow. Bhoomi Nayak of Los Angeles, CA married to
Chi. Roshan Kamat on November 21st,2001
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UPDATE
ON MITHUN - December 2001
Mithun continues to enjoy complete cytogenetic remission (CCR). His October bone marrow biopsy results agan showed no leukemia cells by FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, a process by which 200-300 cells are checked). The result from the highly sensitive pill PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) method still show traces of the disease (0.011%)and he is continuing to take the miracle pill, Gleevec, a FDA approved drug now. When no leukemic (bcr-abl) cells are detected by this PCR method , he woul have reached molecular remission. We hope that this milestone will come soon.
We again thank God for leading us to Dr. Druker at Portland who made this break- through discovery. He showed that drugs could be targeted to attack and destroy leukemic cells only, without harming the normal cells. This targeted therapy eliminates severe side effects that occur with most cancer drugs and bone marrow transplant. This drug has been hailed as the biggest breakthrough in cancer.
Mithun is doing very well in school and in extracurricular activities. He will be taking his drivers Ed during this Christmas break. He can't wait to get his Drivers License!! Our next visit to Portland will be in April for another bone marrow biopsy. We need to go to Portland every 6 months now, instead of every three months so far. We will keep you updated.
Even though Mithun may not need a bone marrow transplant any more, we continue to work towards adding more bone marrow donors to the National Registry for the sake of othr less fortunate cancer patients whose life depends on a bone marrow from a matched donor. Through our crisis, we have realized how important the Gift of Life is. Bone marrow, when donated to save a life, replenishes within 3-4 weeks, just like blood donation. Without a suitable HLA matched donor, the chanceof survival are slim for many cancer patients. Those of you who have not yet become a part of the registry, won't you please give it a serious consideration? You may be able to save a life.
You can also get more information at http://boloji.com/bonemarrow/index.htm and at http://www.samarinfo.org/Burde Laxminarayan/Urmila Kamath e-mail: bkamath@xula.edu
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