{"id":198185,"date":"2019-03-14T16:58:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T21:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=198185"},"modified":"2019-03-29T09:57:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:57:53","slug":"thousands-wait-save-uk-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/thousands-wait-save-uk-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of people wait hours in the rain to save a UK boy’s life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE:<\/strong> A match has been found for Oscar! His mom left the exciting update on Oscar’s Facebook page<\/a>, and they will be starting the next step in treatment soon.<\/p>\n

Last year, five-year-old Oscar Saxelby-Lee was taken to the doctor over some bruising he had. His parents originally thought he was anemic, but their worst fears were soon realized: Oscar was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. He underwent chemotherapy, but after four weeks, it was unsuccessful, and doctors decided he needed to undergo a stem cell transplant. Unfortunately, neither of Oscar’s parents were a match, so they turned to their community for help to save his life — and the response was overwhelming<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Almost 5,000 people lined up for hours in the rain, so they could get tested and see if they were a match for little Oscar. According to the BBC<\/a>, another 1,000 people were tested at another event, equaling 10% of all the eligible members of the city willing to donate, with even more expected to show up at another<\/em> event coming up. Even people who are too young to donate were doing their part, helping to round up more volunteers and spreading the news about Oscar’s plight.<\/p>\n