Dimitrius Wilson
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. Fortunately with initial rounds of chemotherapy he was able to achieve remission. However 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. Read entire story here…