Hope for Hailey

Asking for two miracles

Rick and Maria Kent are the proud parents through gestational surrogacy of Ryan and Hailey, who are now 2 years old.

When Hailey was 15 weeks old she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) - also known as Mixed Lineage Leukemia (MLL).

While on chemotherapy Hailey relapsed and had an unrelated, mis-matched umbilical cord blood transplant in May 2007. She is home now but is having issues with graft versus host disease; this is starting to affect her kidneys.

Haily needs a marrow transplant.

Her parents have planned another surrogacy to have a baby who will hopefully be a perfect match for Hailey. If Hailey has a relapse she won't have time to wait for a sibling to be born. This is where you come in. You can register as a marrow donor by requesting a registration kit in her honor from DKMS Americas. You could save one of the thousands of people who search for their life-saver every day. You could save a child just like Hailey.

To request a registration kit in honor of Hailey call DKMS toll free at
866.340.DKMS (3567) or by emailing info@dkmsamericas.org and we will send a kit to your home by mail.