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"A 2-year-old boy from Goffstown is preparing for a bone marrow transplant. Aybel Martin has a rare form of leukemia and needs the transplant to save his life.Aybel\u2019s grandmothers remained cautiously optimistic Sunday afternoon that her prayers were answered.Less than three months after bone marrow drives across the state, a 100 percent match was found.\u201CIt\u2019s nice to know that she\u2019s 100 percent match and that this is giving him another chance at life, and we\u2019re hoping the transplant goes well and he\u2019s going to live a long, healthy life, and we\u2019re looking forward to that,\u201D said Aybel's grandmother, Kim Mahoney.Aybel will go to Boston\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital to begin the process for his bone marrow transplant on Monday. He will undergo chemotherapy or radiation to destroy the diseased marrow before the transplant.\u201CIt\u2019s not over yet,\u201D said grandmother Ruth Martin. \u201CWe have to wait and see. I think that\u2019s the hardest part.\u201DOnce the transplant is complete, the family has to wait for the crucial 100 day mark to see if Aybel\u2019s body accepts the marrow.On Sunday, Mahoney and Martin were supporting Delete Blood Cancer, an effort to get more people to sign up to be donors.\u201CI do encourage people to keep coming out and swabbing,\u201D Mahoney said. \u201CAnd it made a big difference for us, and it could make a difference for another family and give them hope tomorrow.\u201D\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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