Cherokee Tribune – Rep Calvin Hill seeks bone marrow donor

CANTON — An online push has begun to help state Rep. Calvin Hill (R-Canton) find a bone marrow donor to aid in his fight against leukemia.

Political players around north Georgia have in recent days taken to social media to spread the word of Hill’s search for a donor by asking their followers to consider helping the representative by going to bethematch.org, a website which keeps a registry of potential bone marrow donors and sends out mouth-swab test kits for willing donors to use to see if they might be a match.

Hill said Monday that his doctors tell him his best shot at a cure to the disease, which he was diagnosed with this summer, is to receive a bone marrow transplant.

“Basically, right now I’m going through a series of chemo, trying to get my leukemia in remission,” Hill said. “When I reach a satisfactory level, then I will be able to have a bone marrow transplant. That is, quote — unquote — ‘the cure.’ If that takes, I can be pretty much cured.”

Cherokee County Republican Party Chair Rick Davies is among those who have been spreading the word of Hill’s search.

Davies said Monday when he heard Hill needed the transplant, it was an easy call to take the time to do what he could to help.

“Obviously, you want to help your representatives, especially when they’re going through some personal turmoil,” he said.

State Rep. Michael Caldwell (R-Woodstock) has also taken to social media to get the word out, although he said he isn’t too worried for his friend.

via Cherokee Tribune – Rep Calvin Hill seeks bone marrow donor.