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About Marques
Marques Cain was born on September 13, 1993. In 1999,
his mother, Andrea Cain, was stricken with heart failure. She was
originally diagnosed with a viral heart infection. After waiting over
three months for a heart, Andrea underwent a successful heart transplant at the Cleveland Clinic.
In 2005, Marques began to exhibit the very same symptoms as his mother. It
was then that doctors discovered that the culprit was not a virus, but
rather a rare and potentially fatal condition--Danon's Disease. Like his
mother had before him, Marques had a dangerously enlarged heart, a
condition medically known as Severe Dialated
Marques received a new heart on December 12, 2005. He is now home and in good spirits. Marques and his family are
emerging
victorious from his traumatic ordeal, just as Andrea did after the
successful surgery that enabled her to regain her active lifestyle as a nurse
and mother of three
children--Marques and his two older sisters. Your support is still needed, however.
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 January
20, 2010
Seeking Organ Transplant Stories
from People of Color
Forest Hill
Publishing will launch a new book relaying the true stories of transplant
recipients and donors of color. People of color represent a
disproportionately high number of people who need organ transplants--and
die because the didn't receive them--and a disproportionately low number
of people who serve as organ and tissue donors. Our hope at Forest Hill
Publishing is that our upcoming book will inspire many more people of
color to become organ and tissue donors. To learn how you can participate
in this project, click
here.
You Can Help
Marques is now the focus of a
fundraising campaign. An estimated
$55,000 is being raised by Greater Cleveland volunteers to assist Marques
with his transplant-related expenses. Please make your tax-deductible
contribution for Marques today by clicking here
to donate by credit card.
Or please make check or money order contributions payable to: COTA
for Marques C. and mail them to:
COTA, 2501 COTA Drive
Bloomington,
IN 47403 Tel:1.800.366.2682
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Click
here for Marques' COTA page.
Click
here to make a
tax-
deductible
contribution for Marques.
Marques & Family
Online
 WKYC
NBC Cleveland
St.
Jude Medical Center
Andrea Cain's Speech
LifeBanc.org
African American Initiatives
 Organ
Transplant Survivors and Donors
2-Time
Transplant Recipient Dave Grier's Blog
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