Last week Photojojo founder and friend to much of New York City, Amit Gupta, announced that he has Acute Leukemia, and needed "to enter treatment right away" (symptoms have usually been present for only days to weeks before diagnosis):
Help Photojojo Founder Amit Gupta, And Others, By Becoming A Bone Marrow Donor
6-Year-Old Jasmina Loses Her Battle With Leukemia
New York City's own Jasmina Anema, the 6-year-old who bravely fought her leukemia and got thousands to donate bone marrow, died last night at NYU's Langone Medical Center. She was admitted Monday after her mother noticed a fever and shortness of breath—at that point she was diagnosed with pneumonia and the Daily News reports her condition quickly deteriorated.
6-Year-Old Hopes for Bone Marrow Transplant
Jasmina Anema celebrated her 6th birthday yesterday, but she spent it in a hospital room at NYU Medical Center. Jasmina is suffering from a rare and deadly form of leukemia, which was only discovered in January. Her mother Theodora Anema, who adopted Jasmina when she was three days old, told the Daily News, "Everything became surreal because she's always been so healthy and so wonderful."
Plated: Bone Marrow Poppers
Plated delivers the origin story of a dish as told by a restaurant’s owners and chefs. Today’s featured plate is a sort of nose-to-tail meets Applebee’s kind of affair from the speakeasy-style Employees Only.

