Fourteen-year-old Mikayla Draughon was hospitalized for weeks this fall because she can’t find a Black bone marrow donor who matches her. Draughon has sickle cell disease and needs a transplant to hopefully cure the disease.
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Fourteen-year-old Mikayla Draughon was hospitalized for weeks this fall because she can’t find a Black bone marrow donor who matches her. Draughon has sickle cell disease and needs a transplant to hopefully cure the disease.