18 - The O akville Beaver W ee ke nd , Saturday January 7, 2006 m By W ilm a Blokhuis Oakville resident needs life-saving bone marrow match the human body. Hammerschmidt, an Oakville resi dent who works at Metroland's Corporate IT in Mississauga, was diagnosed and admitted into Princess Margaret Hospital last Aug. 15. "He has been sick for a couple of months," said his wife Jacqueline Potoczek. "When he was in Germany with his dad, somebody gave him a massage and noticed that his lymph nodes had swollen," she said. "Blood tests initially found it was mono or a virus and he was told he'll get over it in about a month. "But, Jason kept going back to the doctor because he wasn't feel ing good and then he was finally told it was leukemia," said his wife who is on leave, for a second time, from her part time job. "Now we've been told a week ago that he needs a bone marrow transplant. "The good thing about a bone marrow transplant is that the goal afterwards is a cure after one month instead of two more years of chemo," Potoczek said. His only sibling, a sister, the first to be tested, was not a match, said Potoczek. His parents are currently being tested, "but it's unlikely they'll be a match," she lamented. The couple has no children; hence Hammerschmidt is look ing outside of his family to find a donor, and has turned to the Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry run by Canadian Blood Services for a life-saving bone marrow donation. "My leukemia treatment options have recently changed," said Hammerschmidt in an email message to his fellow Metroland employees, a plea for help he and Potoczek have decid ed to make public. Hammerschmidt, who initial- OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Jason Hammerschmidt is pinning his hopes on a life-saving bone marrow transplant. The 29-year-old IT network systems analyst with Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distributing Ltd., has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), a type of blood cancer normally found in children. ALL is a cancer of the white blood cells, the cells that normally fight infections in ATTENTION - PARENTS OF GRADES 8 STUDENTS You are invited to attend a PARENT INFORMATION EVENING Parents of students who are planning to attend Oakville high schools in September 2006 are welcome to come and hear more about the Grade 9 program, services for students, and diploma requirements. Parents should attend the Parents' Information Night at their home school (the school designated for their community). For more information, please contact the school office. Abbey Park High School 905 827-4101 Thursday, January 12th at 6:30 p.m. Iroquois Ridae High School 905 845-0012 Thursday, January 19th at 6:45 p.m. Oakville Trafalgar High SchooL905 845-2875 Thursday, January 12th a t7 p.m. T.A. Blakelock High School 905 827-1158 Tuesday, January 17th at? p.m. White Oaks Secondary School 905 845-5200 (North and South campuses) Thursday, January 19th at 7:30 p.m. HALTON DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD Wayne Joudrie, Director of Education Paul Tate, Chair ly spent a month at Princess Margaret receiving chemothera py and radiation until he went until remission, was readmitted into hospital Nov. 28 with a fever after receiving just three of his 10 'three-week blocks of chemother apy treatments, said his wife. "On Dec. 15 he got really sick. The cancer had returned," she said, adding she was .expecting him to come home today and continue his series of chemother apy treatments as an out-patient. "His cancer is currently gone and he's back to being his old self." That means, Hammerschmidt is able to work from home, said his wife. "Jason is optimistic, and Metroland has been awesome the company has been just great Jason H am m erschm idt towards us." Meanwhile, bone registries in Canada, the United States and Europe are being searched for a match. "I urge people to get tested," said Potoczek. "Right now I have two priorities, keeping Jason at home and finding a match." In his plea for help, Hammerschmidt wrote, "If you are in good health and between the ages of 17 and 50 with 30 minutes to spare, I am asking you and your friends and family to contact the Canadian Blood Services and join the Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry as a potential donor." Potential donors will be required to give a vial of blood to be collected at a local lab. Donors are free to decline to donate bone marrow at any point in the future if they change their mind. Donors remain anonymous at all times unless they choose otherwise. 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