Help and Hope Happen Here

Anna Thompson will talk about her son Lake and his battle with Leukemia, plus the non profit which was started by her and two other families who lost their daughters to this same disease only months apart.

June 14, 2021 Mark Levine Season 1 Episode 72
Help and Hope Happen Here
Anna Thompson will talk about her son Lake and his battle with Leukemia, plus the non profit which was started by her and two other families who lost their daughters to this same disease only months apart.
Show Notes

Anna Thompson's son Lake passed away from Acute Myeloid Leukemia on May 1st of 2015 when he was nine years old. Anna will talk about Lake's battle with this disease, plus the non profit that she and two other families started after they lost their daughters to the same disease a few months later . This non profit has raised almost a million dollars  in research  for AML.  Anna will also talk about her decision 2 years ago, to donate her liver to a 22 year old engineering student who was in dire need of a liver transplant.