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by Don’t Stop Ballieving

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Luc was one of Jack's best friends. He was a very special guy and a part of our family. Every time he came to our house he was happy and smiling and ALWAYS eating and telling jokes. He was scared of dogs but ended up being buddies with our labradoodle Bosley who he pronounced "Boswey".  Even when he wasn't feeling good he was an inspiration to enjoy life at all times. 


In the early part of his life, Luc managed to evade many of sickle cells painful symptoms such as pain crisis. However, when Luc turned 2 years old, doctors found a narrowing of a vein in his brain that made Luc prone to strokes. The doctors told us in that in order to fix this, Luc would need to undergo a bone marrow transplant. When Luc was seven, he had a bone marrow transplant to cure him of sickle cell disease and it worked. However, there were many complications along the way. Luc’s health trajectory was great after the bone marrow transplant and he lived sickle cell free for three years. But ultimately, he got an infection in his blood which created new complications to his already weaken immune system and Luc went to heaven in 2016 at the age of 10. 


?SCD occurs in about 1 out of every 365 African American births and about 1 out of every 16,300 Latino-American births. The only known cure for SCD is a Bone Marrow Transplant, in which the cost is extensive. Many families who enter the bone marrow transplant process find themselves in great emotional and financial strain and as a result are unable to meet some of their basic living expenses. The LucStrong Foundation offers grants, parking vouchers and gift cards to assist eligible families in meeting the financial challenges they are faced with.



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