Critical funding boosted first cord blood unit 

Submitted on June 08, 2011
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Alexis Hagemeyer, 15, was an infant when she became Cardinal Glennon’s first cord blood transplant recipient. She just completed her freshman year of high school.
Alexis Hagemeyer, 15, was an infant when she became Cardinal Glennon’s first cord blood transplant recipient. She just completed her freshman year of high school.
"It was scary. They checked the whole world for a bone marrow transplant but found no option," said Sara Hagemeyer, whose daughter Alexis was hospitalized in 1996 with a genetic immune deficiency that left her defenseless against infections.

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