A teacher from Berlin and a 10-year-old schoolgirl are seriously ill and urgently need a stem cell donation. There will be a registration campaign on April 23rd.
Tamila has fought bravely since she was a baby
Tamila Mtumbi (10) is a real whirlwind. Her friends describe her as “friendly, loving, strong and combative”.
Tamila loves her dolls, listens to music for hours, and enjoys watching SpongeBob SquarePants. When she grows up, she wants to be a doctor.
Because the brave girl from Hohenschönhausen has spent most of her life in clinics herself.
When Tamila was just six months old, her feet and hands became painfully swollen. In the hospital, a so-called sickle cell anemia was diagnosed, she already had heart attacks in her limbs. In the disease, the red blood cells deform into a crescent shape.
Tamila is often plagued by abdominal pain, bone pain and headaches due to severe circulatory problems. Despite this, she is mostly happy. In the meantime, she can only recover with a stem cell donation.
The German Bone Marrow Donor Center (DKMS) is looking for a genetic twin for this.
Any healthy person between the ages of 17 and 55 can register with a cheek swab.
When Wibke was in a coma, the diagnosis came
Wibke Liniger (60) is also looking for a genetic twin.
The daycare manager, also from Hohenschönhausen, fell ill with Covid-19 in mid-February. “In a very short time she rapidly deteriorated, lost ten kilos in weight, could hardly breathe, was exhausted and weak,” says her daughter Anne Liniger (33). “She believed it was because of the infection.”
When her mother could barely stand, she called the ambulance, who took her to the hospital. There, the doctors recognized immediately that the blood values were not correct. Transfer to the Charité.
There Wibke collapsed, was placed in an artificial coma and transferred to the intensive care unit. Your diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia!
In the malignant disease, blood cells degenerate and multiply uncontrollably. Wibke received his first chemotherapy while he was still in a coma. In the meantime she has woken up from the coma and is continuing the therapy in a cancer ward.
Her family, the children, parents and educators from her “Bunte Spieltruhe” daycare center miss her sorely. Wibke always had an open ear and inspired everyone with her zest for life.
She is a fighter, says: “I know that I am seriously ill, but I want to make it.” For this she needs a stem cell donation.
Here’s how you can help
If you want to save the life of Tamila, Wibke or other victims,
become a stem cell donor!
There is a registration campaign Saturday, April 23, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m
in the BBZ education and meeting center
Reriker Str. 18, 13051 Berlin.