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Monday, June 21, 2010
Courtesy of Yale Sports PublicityPhoto courtesy of David Silverman
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- As Yale women's ice hockey player Mandi Schwartz continues to battle leukemia, efforts to find her a matching marrow or cord blood donor have intensified. With help from some former Bulldogs, those efforts have expanded to include everything from hockey tournaments in Canada to the World's Largest Baby Shower in Atlanta.
Mandi, 22, was first diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in December of 2008, just days after helping the Yale women's hockey team to a 4-1 win over Brown. She returned home to Wilcox, Sask., and underwent multiple rounds of chemotherapy. She was in remission by the spring of 2009, and returned to Yale in January of 2010 to complete her junior year. But less than four months later tests revealed the cancer had returned. She is once again home in Canada, undergoing chemotherapy.
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