----Original Message-----
From: Gharib, Golnaz
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:15 PM
To: Trademarks
Subject: Leave Donation for Kathleen Kim

 

As most are aware, Kathleen Kim, a Trademark attorney in LO 101, has been caring

for her young daughter, Emily, who is fighting a tough battle against Leukemia.

 

Thanks to your generous support, Kathleen and her family have been able to make ends meet thus far.  However, they need your help once again, to continue Emily's fight for survival.

 

Emily has spent the summer in treatment (including her 7th birthday, on August 16th) awaiting an urgently needed match for a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, they were unable to find a perfect match as a donor (6 out of 6 match).  However, they have found a 4 out of 6 cord blood match.

 

Although it is best to have a perfect match for a bone marrow transplant (to decrease the chance of complications following the transplant), Emily's parents have decided to proceed with the 4 out of 6 cord blood match for the transplant. They will be taking Emily to Duke University's Bone Marrow Transplant Center in North Carolina, one of the top institutions in the country for this type of procedure.

 

Despite the excellence of the center, Emily's chance for survival is only 40-50%. The family will leave for North Carolina tomorrow so that Emily can begin testing and total body radiation at Duke. They expect the transplant to take place towards the end of September. Emily must be in N.C. for a minimum of four months, but will probably be there much longer.  Kathleen will be living in the hospital room with Emily.

 

Please consider helping Emily and her family by donating leave time to her mother Kathleen.

 

    A note from Kathleen (8/28/01):

 

Hello everyone.  Well, we are about to be on our way.  I just wanted   to write to thank all of you for your help and prayers. The help and thoughtfulness have been incredible to us.

 

Attached is a leave transfer form, which can be dropped off to

Leslie Warner at Crystal Park 1, Suite 707, or, you may drop off the form with any of the following people:

 

       <<leave transfer form.pdf>>
 

Howard Friedman--LO 101

Julie Watson--LO 104

Cimmerian Coleman--LO 102

Brooke Beyer--LO 105

Gina Hayes--LO 112

Susan DuBois--LO 111

Judy Grundy--LO 106

Johanna Robinson--LO 104

Goli Gharib--LO 113

 

        You may call Barbara Veeney at 703-305-4998, for questions regarding leave transfer.

 

        For more information about Emily, visit her website at  http://www.emilykim.8m.com

         THANK YOU.

        Goli Gharib

        Law Office 113

        308-9113 ext. 253