Lesley Domiano

By Ben Bodart, Special to the Independent

Perhaps the previous seven days were the most important in the life of Lesley Domiano. The 66 year-old Laguna Beach resident organized three separate events in town last week to lure a potential bone marrow donor for a transplant she absolutely needs if she is to see 2013.

She packed them altogether because this past Monday Domiano knew she would be submitting to yet another chemotherapy session and unable to meet donors face to face. And I really wanted to meet all the people that came to be potential donors, she said on Wednesday at Mozambique restaurant, which hosted a donor invite on her behalf. I am so blessed that the community where I live is so amazing. You cannot believe it touches me! It makes me feel so good about the world.

Domianos life has been a battle since she was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare type of cancer known as bone marrow failure disease. She thought the most difficult part was behind her when she went to remission for more than a year. But last August, the disease reoccurred. Recently, she was told she would need a bone marrow transplant to live more than four or six months.

I do not want to think about it, Domiano said. Time is really important because if we find a donor, I have to be in good enough condition to receive and recover from the surgery.

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