An 8-year-old’s search for bone marrow match in battle with leukemia comes to North Texas A drive-through event will take place Saturday at the Irving Mall to help find a bone marrow match for the Florida boy. Irving Mall will host a drive-by cheek swab drive Saturday, March 6, 2021, to try to find a bone marrow match for Jakobe Kobe Washington, an 8-year-old boy who has leukemia. Kobe lives in Florida but has family in North Texas.(Courtesy photo / Icla da Silva Foundation) Jakobe “Kobe” Washington is eight years old, loves baseball and is fighting an aggressive form of leukemia.