"When The Deck is Stacked Against You" - Mack Bell - (S2 E13)

Episode 13 of the Bloodworks 101 podcast, hosted by John Yeager, titled ""When The Deck is Stacked Against You" - Mack Bell - (S2 E13)" was published on February 22, 2021 and runs 14 minutes.

February 22, 2021 ·14m · Bloodworks 101

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Got a story idea for Bloodworks 101? Send us a text message Seattle's Mack Bell is a 30 year-old African-American man living with Cerebral Palsy. Four years ago, it didn't look like Bell was going to make it. But today, thanks to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, the support and comfort from his former high school principal as well as dozens of Bloodworks Northwest blood donors he'll never know, Mack is able to tell his story of survival. And as we discover on this edition of "Bloodwor...

Episode Description

Got a story idea for Bloodworks 101? Send us a text message

Seattle's Mack Bell is a 30 year-old African-American man living with Cerebral Palsy. Four years ago, it didn't look like Bell was going to make it. But today, thanks to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, the support and comfort from his former high school principal as well as dozens of Bloodworks Northwest blood donors he'll never know, Mack is able to tell his story of survival. And as we discover on this edition of "Bloodworks 101," Mack Bell had to come face-to-face with something we're all adjusting to - more than a year of social distancing.

Part of Mack's story is the fact that as an African-American, the deck literally is stacked against him in his effort to find a suitable match as he fought Aplastic Anemia. If you'd like more information about this go to: bethematch.org/

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