TORONTO – At Sunday’s CIBC Run for the Cure, not only was attention brought to the on-going fight against breast cancer but really to awareness about cancer in general. Debra and Rick Wronzberg have appealed to the city of Toronto to help save the life of their daughter Alexis.
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Alexis Wronzberg
Alexis at the age of 21 was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on Sept. 28 2004. She completed 2 full years of chemotherapy and stayed in remission for 3 years but then on Aug 22nd of last year, on her birthday no less she discovered the telltale signs of Leukemia on her body in the form of mass bruising. Sadly she had relapsed.
This time chemotherapy alone was not an option. In order to survive she needed a Stem Cell Transplant, but before proceeding with a transplant she had to get back into remission again which turned out to be very difficult. After several rounds of chemotherapy the biopsy showed that she wasn’t in remission and she needed a higher even more toxic form of chemo.
You might call it a Chanukah miracle as it worked, once again on Dec 9th the first night of Chanukah Alexis was in remission.
Two months later she received her Stem Cell Transplant and for the next seven and a half months Alexis, felt well, the family was cautiously optimistic. The most devastating news, however, was yet to come as just this past week on Sept 28th they discovered Alexis has relapsed again and this time the options are not only limited, time is of the essence.
The hope for further treatment can now only be found in Israel. Dr. Slavin of the Top Ichilov Center in Tel Aviv is a leading researcher in Stem Cell Transplants and has developed a HAPLO transplant protocol.
$300,000 dollars is what the JCAHO/TJC (Joint commission on accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) charges for international patients, to date only about half that amount has been raised.
A trust account has been set up to make a donation. Give what you can and save a life.
1. To donate at any TD BANK Bank 0004 transit 12142 account 6328765 (Hilda/Clark in Thornhill) payable to Deborah Wronzberg in Trust for Alexis Wronzberg
2. Or you can, via internet banking use interact transfer – the email reference for the transfer is [email protected] and you should send a separate email to [email protected] with the security question and answer.
3. Beth David Synagogue is accepting cheques payable to Beth David, 55 Yeomans Road, Toronto, ON, with memo/reference “Alexis” and credit card payments by calling 416-633-5500
