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Dr. Carolyn Bigelow (left) gives post-operative instructions to pharmacy student Adam Marshall after he donated bone marrow. Photo by UMMC photographer Jay Ferchaud<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Impacting the health of patients is something for which all pharmacy students at the University of Mississippi strive, but after learning his bone marrow was a match for a 12-year-old with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, that goal took a new twist for Adam Marshall.<\/p>\n

“Not a lot of people can say that they donated bone marrow,” Marshall said. “I knew that it was going to help somebody, and everyone I talked to was really supportive.”<\/p>\n

Along with some 80 other pharmacy students at Ole Miss, Marshall, a Memphis native enrolled in the second year of UM’s professional pharmacy program, participated in “Be The Match,” a national program that registers potential bone marrow donors with patients in need. Marshall was notified in June that he was the first match from the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n

Everyone at the pharmacy school is proud of Marshall, said Chelsea Bennett, assistant dean for student services.<\/p>\n

“We were all excited when we heard the news that one of our students was a match,” Bennett said. “This is a big commitment, and Adam has demonstrated great selflessness by donating. I hope that because of Adam’s example, even more students sign up for the registry.”<\/p>\n

After completing blood work, an electrocardiogram, a physical and other preoperative tests, Marshall drove to the University of Mississippi Medical Center<\/a> in Jackson for the procedure.<\/p>\n

“I was there for two days during the surgery, and my recovery time is about four weeks,” he said. “It was painful, but the pain was manageable. Today, I feel pretty good. Carrying a backpack is a little rough though.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Carolyn Bigelow, a hematologist at the medical center, was a member of the team of physicians that harvested Marshall’s bone marrow.<\/p>\n

“Adam performed a very selfless act to undergo a bone marrow harvest procedure for someone he does not even know,” Bigelow said. “I am continually amazed at the generosity of people like Adam who are willing to give someone a second chance at life by providing a lifesaving organ like bone marrow.”<\/p>\n

Bone marrow grows back within three to four weeks of being harvested, she said.<\/p>\n

U.S. law requires that donors and recipients remain anonymous for a year, but Marshall hopes to one day meet the recipient of his bone marrow.<\/p>\n

“I would love to meet the child,” he said. “It would be great to be able to talk to my recipient and see how he or she is doing.”<\/p>\n

Marshall encourages his fellow students, as well as others, to participate in the match program or other lifesaving programs.<\/p>\n

“Whether it’s donating blood or bone marrow, anything will help,” he said. “You could have an opportunity to save a life.”<\/p>\n

Donating to a complete stranger came down to simply doing what’s right, Marshall said.<\/p>\n

“Someone asked me if I had a great story for why I donated, and I don’t,” he said. “I just knew it was something I needed to do.”<\/p>\n

For more information on the national marrow donor program, visit http:\/\/www.bethematch.org<\/a>. To register as a donor in Mississippi, contact the Mississippi Marrow Donor Program at 601-984-5617.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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