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Grant Garberg

Kansas City–area University of Mississippi accounting student (Patterson School of Accountancy) and Blue Valley North graduate, guest on Kansas City's Dana & Parks radio show.

Oct 2, 2026

51:38
Yep
51:38
... and they were trying to find a match for her.
51:40
So we did the, we did the cheek swab.
51:43
Kinda really heard nothing back, but we were registered.
51:47
And then about a month ago, I received a call through NMDP saying that I was a perfect match for this woman with acute myeloid leukemia-
51:58
Yep
51:58
... who was, she was 51, and that's all the info they really could give me.
52:03
And then got in contact, kept up in contact.
13:58
Yep
13:58
... and they were trying to find a match for her.
14:01
So we did the, we did the cheek swab.
14:03
Kinda really heard nothing back, but we were registered.
14:07
And then about a month ago, I received a call through NMDP saying that I was a perfect match for this woman with, uh, acute myeloid leukemia-
14:18
Yep
14:19
... who was, she was 51, and that's all the info they really could give me.
14:23
And then got in contact, kept up in contact.
3:40
How did this whole thing start for you, Grant? How did you know that there was this need to do the cheek swab?
3:46
So it was really a random kind of day.
3:49
Me and my roommate had just gotten out of our accounting class, and we were walking on campus, and we saw NMDP, which is formally known as Be The Match, had a pop-up cheek swab test because there was this young girl that had leukemia, and they were trying to find a match for her.
4:05
So we did the cheek swab test, Kind of really heard nothing back, but we were registered.
4:12
And then about a month ago, I received a call through NMDP saying that I was a perfect match for this woman with acute myeloid leukemia.
4:23
Yep.
4:24
She was 51, and that's all the info they really could give me.
5:27
Did they fly you to like another state to do it? Or could you do it where you were?

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