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If you live in or near Los Angeles, please read the following note from Tracey, Amy’s cousin, to see if you can help:

Jordan was released from the hospital late Monday night.  Thank you for your prayers!

And now, he needs platelets!

We need to have platelets available for Jordan every Wednesday for at least the next few months, so we need at least one platelet donor every Monday (to ensure that the hospital has time to process them before Jordan’s Wednesday appointments)! Platelet donations only last 4 days, so we are can only ask for one donor each week.

You can donate blood platelets for Jordan if you are:
• At least 110 lbs and 5’5″ (you will receive specifics when you sign up)
• Have blood types: AB+, AB-, A+, A-, B+, B-
• Available on Mondays and have 2 hours to give. The platelet procedure takes approx. 2 hours – and appointment times on Monday are: 7:30 am, 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm, and 3:00pm (we will assist you in getting the appointment and the preliminary screening).
• If you are not on an aspirin or anti-platelet drug 48hrs prior to your donation (if you are on Plavix, Ticlid, or Clopidogrel – these must be out of your system 2 weeks prior to your donation).
• Able to donate at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital – this is the only way to earmark these donations for Jordan.

If you would like to sign up for a Monday donation, please visit the Blood Platelet Donation for Jordan Shahbaz website at: http://www.my.calendars.net/jordanshahbaz. Click on the date of the Monday you can donate, input your name and email address into the “Calendar text” field and click submit. Someone (either Monica Lucero or Jessica Fabela – who are coordinating – thanks you two!!!) will contact you with screening information and to assist you in making the appointment, etc.

If you have a broader availability and can offer to be on the list of people we can call on a reasonable moments notice (for example, if a donor gets sick or if Amy thinks Jordan will need platelets on a day other than Wednesday), please let me (Tracey) know via facebook. I’ve enlisted a lot of family for this, but as many of them are helping to care for the other kids – some ‘on-the-spot’ donors from outside the family are needed.

If you have any questions about the process, etc. Please let me know, or visit the CHLA website.

If you have O+ or O- blood…
We can use your help in donating red blood cells. Please send Monica Lucero an e-mail at molucero at verizon dot net if you are able! Again, donations must be made at Children’s Hospital.

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Phil, Jonah, and Jeremiah all shaved their heads in solidarity with Jordan…and now, many other friends and family are following suit.  I’ve posted the photo of the Shahbaz boys below.  For pics of others who are supporting Jordan by shaving their heads, visit this Facebook page.

Jordan, Jeremiah, Jonah, and Dad

Thank you for continuing to pray!!