Jocelyn McGlynn and her family were overwhelmed at the support shown by those who showed up for a blood donor clinic Saturday in honour of the Chatham native, who is battling leukemia.
“Jocelyn was receiving a blood transfusion as we were communicating (about the support) . . . it was very emotional,” said her aunt Pierrette DeNure-Kiriakopoulos.
Jocelyn, 21, who wrote the Medical College Admission Test this past summer to apply for medical school, needs to find a stem cell donor to help her beat the acute myelomonocytic leukemia she was diagnosed with at the end of November. There was hope that her two younger brothers would be a match, but that didn’t materialize.
Acknowledging it is a difficult situation, DeNure-Kiriakopoulos said, “We’re staying positive and we believe we’re going to find a match and she’s going to beat this.”
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