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Dozens of cars and perhaps hundreds of people arrived at a New Haven school this morning with the goal of helping find a bone marrow match for a young girl from Summit, New Jersey. Jackie Erb, 5, is one of three children in her family. She has a 7-year-old sister Olivia and a twin named Addison. “She’s such a sweetheart….
Dozens Come Out to Help 5-Year-Old With Leukemia in New Haven Jackie, though, is facing a very difficult battle. In December, she was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML); it is a rare form of leukemia. Since the diagnosis, life has been incredibly challenging for the Erbs. “It’s been a very crazy last month or so that we’ve gotten through,” explained Brian Erb. “Kind of unimaginable.” Jackie is undergoing chemotherapy to slow the growth but, unfortunately, that will not be a cure. She needs a bone marrow transplant. “With (JMML), chemotherapy doesn’t seem to...
Jackie has been diagnosed with JMML, a rare form of leukemia. Author: FOX61 Staff Updated: 9:39 AM EST January 21, 2021 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Be the Match and the Icla da Silva Foundation will hold a drive-through bone marrow donor registry event at Elm City Montessori School & Friends Center for Children on Saturday, January 23, 2021 from 10am - 2pm. The event is being held to find a donor for Jackie Erb, the 5-year-old niece of New Haven residents Dr. Christopher Erb (Yale) & Kimberly Garley-Erb and Emily Erb. Jackie has been diagnosed with JMML, a rare form...
Morristown Daily Record More than 1,100 people lined up at Chatham High School on Saturday to see if they could be the match needed to help save a little girl's life. The School District of the Chathams and the Chatham Education Association PRIDE committee hosted a bone marrow donor drive at the high school to support Jackie Erb, the 5-year-old daughter of Brian Erb, a special education teacher in the district. Gabrielle Morales, a community engagement specialist with Be The Match, called the turnout "amazing," and said she's never had a drive with a response like Saturday's. More than 500...
Community members in the New Jersey town of Summit are coming together to support a little girl in the fight of her young life.