McKinze’s Crusade
PHOTO BY CASSIE JACOBY
McKinze Leann Clayton tries on bandanas she will wear if she loses her long hair as a side effect of chemotherapy.
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Donna Hayes Whitaker shares information about the search for a bone marrow donor to save her 7-year-old daughter's life.
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McKinze Leann Clayton prays with her mother for a bone marrow donor match that will save her life.
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McKinze Leann Clayton received the gift of two cancer survivor dolls as she awaits the gift of life from a bone marrow donor.
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Blood donations are keeping McKinzie Clayton alive while waiting for a blood marrow donor.
“She’s my strong little trooper. She doesn’t cry, she doesn’t whine and she doesn’t worry because I tell her everything. I tell her older brother Mark and sisters Brittany and Ciera to get along together because each day could be McKinze’s last.”