response, and by the end of December, close to 2,500 people had gone to the book bank or had signed up as potential bone marrow donors. Unfortunately, all the chemotherapy had left Benjamin too sick to undergo a bone marrow transplant. In spite of all the efforts, all the thoughts, prayers, blood and tears, Ben was sent home on New Year’s Eve, 1998. Nothing more could be done for Ben. Today the prognosis hasn’t changed greatly, but some progress has been made - in part because of research funded by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. With your help, the Society will continue to be relentless in its search for a cure.