Please tell us what type of blood?
 
 
Stewart Jones wrote:
 
> A long-time conchologist friend from South America is asking for help of a
> special kind, and I wonder if any CONCH-Lers would be willing and able to
> assist, or if they would have any other suggestions for her.
>
> The request comes from Bibiana Cerne, a meteorologist researcher and teacher
> at the University of Buenos Aires.  I have corresponded with her over the
> years, and she and her husband Guillermo are shell collectors:  muricidae,
> cypraeidae, volutidae and others.  A couple of years ago she was attending a
> scientific convention in Scotland and asked if I could suggest any shelling
> locations in that country (which I did and which explains the reference to
> UK in her letter).
>
> Anyway, Bibiana is asking for help for a young friend who is suffering from
> leukemia.  She emailed me:
>
> "I sent you my last email about 2 years ago....Guillermo and I are very
> busy, and we think tomorrow I'll write, but...sometimes tomorrow comes when
> the help is required.
>
> Last time you help me with shells at UK, this time it is not for me.
> Agustin needs help.
>
> Agustin Rovero is Olga Penalba and Adrian Rovero's son.  His mother works in
> the Department of Atmospheric C's with me.  He is 10 years old and he is
> ill.  Hes at the hospital, Memorial Sloan-Ketterin in New York, he has
> leukemia, and his bone marrow was transplanted in this hospital.  Now, he
> needs daily blood transfusion (of different parts of the blood).
>
> Do you know any person who can give blood for him?
>
> Hospital telephone number (212)639-7643, it is necessary to mention Agustin
> Rovero.
>
> Olga Penalba and Adrian Rovero
> Ronald McDonald House
> 405 East 73rd Street, room 505
> New York, NY 10021
>
> Thanks you,
> Regards,
> Bibi
>
> Bibiana Cerne ([log in to unmask])
> ---------------------------
> >From Stew Jones, Hamilton, Ohio, [log in to unmask]
 
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Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.
 
Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
 
Bobbi in Shell Creations