MOTHER
MOTHER WITH CANCER NEEDS ONLY ONE PERSON'S HELP AND IT COULD BE YOU. TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR
STACEY BUECHEL WHOSE BLOOD IS
MISSING A PROTEIN FOUND IN ONLY
ONE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION.
THERE IS NO MATCH TO BE FOUND
RIGHT NOW IN SAN DIEGO AND JUST
ONE DONOR IS NEEDED TO SAVE HER
LIFE. STACEY SPOKE WITH OUR
KYLE KRASKA. HERE'S THEIR
CONVERSATION. JUST TAKES ONE
PERSON LIKE FOR ME IT'S
SELFISHLY IT'S JUST THIS ONE
PERSON. IT COULD BE MY ONE UNIT
EACH WEEK AND THAT IS TO THINK
WHERE ARE YOU AND ARE YOU IN
SAN DIEGO? AND IT'S JUST ONE
IT'S JUST ONE PERSON ONE ONE
PERSON. I TELL PEOPLE THAT ALL
THE TIME. YOU KNOW, I I HAVE I
GET TO SEE WHEN I GO TO
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND I SEE
THE BLOOD GOING INTO A CHILD'S
ARM I GO TO MY BLOOD DRIVES, I
SEE COMING OUT OF SOMEONE'S ARM
YOU KNOW I SEE THAT TRANSITION
RIGHT. IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
THING. YEAH. I THINK THAT YOU
LITERALLY CAN SAVE A LIFE
SOMEONE OUT THERE SOMEBODY LIKE
YOU SAID ONE PERSON CAN
LITERALLY SAVE YOUR LIFE.
RIGHT, EXACTLY. AND CHANGE MY
FAMILY'S LIFE FOREVER. YOU KNOW
,BECAUSE IF THIS IF I IF MY
DRUGS WERE AND MY LIFE IS IT'S
I'M GOING TO GO INTO REMISSION
AND IF I CAN'T EVEN GET TO THE
DRUGS BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD, I I
CAN'T EVEN REACH THAT
POSSIBILITY AND THAT IS THAT'S
WHAT DRIVES ME CRAZY AT NIGHT
IS LIKE I JUST WANT TO I WANT A
CHANCE I JUST WANT A CHANCE AT
THE FIGHT AND I CAN'T EVEN GET
A CHANCE AT THE FIGHT WITHOUT
THE BLOOD. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE
PROGNOSIS IF IF WE CAN GET YOU
THE BLOOD OK IF WE FIND THAT
NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK AND GET
YOU YOUR BLOOD AND YOU GET YOUR
TREATMENT AND YOU GET YOUR YOUR
PLATELETS AND YOU GET YOUR
CHEMO AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS,
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. BUT IF YOU
CAN GET ALL THAT, WHAT IS YOUR
PROGNOSIS? WHAT IS WHAT IS THE
WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK? I DON'T
KNOW. YEAH, I DID SUCH A GREAT
QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
MY PROGNOSIS IS I I ACTUALLY
INTENTIONALLY DON'T ASK BECAUSE
I, I JUST SOMETIMES I JUST NEED
THAT HOPE TO BE BE MY PROGNOSIS
THIS BUT YOU KNOW WITHOUT THE
BLOOD I HAVE ZERO PROGNOSIS. I
MEAN I NEED THE BLOOD SO WHAT
IF I RUN OUT OF BLOOD I WILL
RUN OUT OF TIME AND BUT WITH I
DON'T KNOW THE I CAN'T GIVE YOU
A STATISTIC I GUESS BUT WITHOUT
THE BLOOD IT IS NOT A GOOD
DICUSS IN AND AGAIN NOT TO BE
INSENSITIVE I JUST I DON'T
THINK IT'S THAT WAY. OK OK I
JUST I WANT TO GO OK WHAT IS
THE TIME WHEN YOU SAY LIKE
YOU'LL RUN OUT OF TIME LIKE
WHAT WE WHAT ARE WE WORKING
WITH HERE AS FAR AS TIME IS
CONCERNED. WELL I MEAN AND THAT
IS A HARD QUESTION TOO BUT IT'S
ABOUT MY BLOOD LIKE AFTER A
WEEK WILL START TO DECLINE. SO
I GOT BLOOD ON SUNDAY SO I
BLOOD BY THIS SUNDAY IT SEEMS
LIKE IT'S ABOUT A WEEK I START
TO DECLINE. I START TO GET
LIGHTHEADED, CAN'T GET UP. I
CAN'T GET DOWN AND GET UP AND
AND THAT'S WHEN I'LL START TO
NOTICE NOTICE SYMPTOMS, YOU
KNOW BY WEEK TWO BECAUSE I'VE
GONE TO WEEK TO WHERE I DIDN'T
HAVE BLOOD AND I HAD TO BE
HOSPITALIZED WHICH I DON'T
LIKE. OH MY GOSH ERCI AND THEN
SO I'VE ONLY GOTTEN TO LIKE
WEEK TWO WITHOUT BLOOD I DON'T
KNOW HOW LONG I CAN GO. I WOULD
ASSUME I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I
CAN GO BUT IT WILL IT OBVIOUSLY
JUST KEEPS DECLINING EACH WEEK
.GOSH AGAIN IF YOU ARE A
POSITIVE OH POSITIVE O NEGATIVE
YOU WERE URGED TO DONATE BLOOD
AS SOON AS YOU CAN'T AGAIN IT
ONLY TAKES ONE PERSON WITH A
SPECIFIC PROTEIN NEEDED TO HELP
STACEY TRULY A NEEDLE IN THE
HAYSTACK. BOTH THE AMERICAN RED
CROSS AND THE SAN DIEGO BLOOD
BANK ARE AFFILIATED WITH AN
ORGANIZATION THAT TRACKS RARE
BLOOD TYPES. IF YOUR MATCH IT
WILL BE DETECTED AND COULD VERY
WELL SAVE STACEY'S LIFE. IT'LL