No. 2 Vol. 11
www.thehackettstownnews.com
March 2017
Local Woman Is Looking For A Special Angel By Elsie Walker uzanne Sanders of Long Valley describes her friend, Tori Reade, as “empathetic, loving, fun, and the most organized mom I’ve ever met.” Reade, also of Long Valley, has two daughters, nine-year old Erin and sixyear old Hayden, and a husband named Rich. Sanders and Reade, met when their older daughters became friends and then their own friendship grew. Now Sanders is one of “Tori’s Angels,” a nickname that Reade gave a group of friends who have been at her side as she bat-
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tles Multiple Myeloma, a blood cancer. However, Reade needs some more angels. A fundraising GoFundme page to help Reade with medical and related expenses has been set up at https:// www.gofundme.com/torisbattle. Also, as part of her treatment, Reade needs a stem cell transplant which requires finding a donor match. “Be The Match” events, at which cheek swabs are taken, are being set up to help find that donor for Reade. Recent events have been in Hackettstown with
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Reade receiving dialysis three days a week to help with her kidneys. In addition to that, she received cycles of chemotherapy treatments and steroids to attack the cancer. The page goes on to say that “When her treatment hit a plateau
in December, it was decided to go ahead with a stem cell transplant.” She has already had a transplant from herself, an Autologous transplant and now, the second step would be the transplant of stem cells from a donor: an Allogeneic transplant.
Saunders explained why they are looking for a match outside the family: “Parents and children in situations like these are only 50 percent matches and their ages make them not viable for an individual like Tori.” continued on page 2
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