Can We Save This Half Japanese Baby? (We Need Your Blood) 

Thank you Stephen, Kei, and everyone on the Asian Boss team for taking the time to listen to our story and help spread awareness. If you had registered to donate your bone marrow, thank you so much. We hope that even if this doesn’t directly help Sophia, it helps increase the chances for someone in need of a bone marrow transplant in the future to get the treatment they need! ❤️

I suggest that the parents also reach out to US military communities in Japan, Okinawa, and Korea where there are many families that are half Asian & half Caucasian.

My family is of mixed race. I will be sharing this to my brothers so we can all get tested and donate. Prayers and love coming your way!

I’m male 29 half Japanese and Canadian (British). I have provided my sample to Canadian Blood Services for stem cell registry. I hope you find a donor and if I’m a match I’ll be happy to help! I called and made sure that I’m in the registry apparently since late 2022.

I feel so bad that this 5 month old has leukemia, I hope that she can beat this.

Holy crap, I had no idea being mixed race was so important for marrow donations and that marrow donation isn't the big scary procedure it used to be. I signed up to get tested, better put these genes to good use!

I'm a dad of a 10 months old half German half Japanese daughter. I listed to this story and I start crying and can't imagine want the famille is going through. I went immediately to the German website to registered as a donor, waiting for the test kit now. I'll be probably not donor for Sophia but maybe help someone else. When my daughter is old enough, I hope she will also be registered.

My daughter is also half Japanese and she was born with genetic mutation and the initial lifespan of 20 years. She was lucky enough to receive gene therapy over 14 months and is now healthy. She is now 19 and living full potential till life (with minor health issues). The gene therapy she received is used for leukaemia patient treatment.

I'm sending this to one of my clients who is also a good friend. His kids are half Japanese and half-canadian. They are attending college in Canada now.

I wish the best for Sophia & family! Half Japanese & half Northern European mix here and have been on Be The Match since 2010. I just checked to make sure my contact info was accurate.

I’m also half Japanese and half Canadian. Will keep Sophia in my prayers and register with the link 🙏🏻

Same thing happened years ago where a California couple (White husband, Japanese wife) had a daughter with cancer and they reached out to a Hawai'i news station to air their story, hoping for a donor match. Hawai'i has a very large mixed population. I dunno what happened afterwards though. Maybe the couple can try that route as well 🙏

As a half German and half Thai person, I registered myself at the German stem cell database (DKMS) as soon as possible at 18 years old. I encourage that everyone who is healthy and willing does so. The science about this procedure is a glimpse of hope to some people and isn’t it amazing that we, humans, can help other humans like that? I hope more people will register and I pray that a match will be found. ❤

I’ve been registered as a bone marrow donor since my eighteenth birthday, which makes it 22 years now. I wish so badly I was contacted, as I would have gone anywhere to help. Since I didn’t get the notification of being a match, I decided to donate for Sadie instead. I’m sending all my well wishes, and I hope with all of my heart a match is found soon. Also, for anyone who is scared to do it, I promise you it isn’t painful. You are put under anesthesia, given pain medication whilst under, and just wake up a bit sore. If you keep up on Tylenol, stay hydrated, and rest, it’s just a bruise, and not as really painful. Honestly, if it allays any fears of people considering getting tested to donate, it’s more painful to have an ingrown toenail dealt with.

What can I do from American! I’m half Japanese half Mexican and would love to do anything to donate to any children.

Just passed on to my group of college friends who meet virtually every month. One of our group is half Japanese/half European. And another of our group received a bone marrow transplant from her brother when she was 21 because of aplastic anemia. She just celebrated her 35th "second birthday". Hoping to spread the serendipity to ensure that little Sophia will also be able to celebrate her "second birthday" in the future.

Such a beautiful family. My thoughts and prayers go out to them ❤ I am half Korean, half German and never realised how difficult it would be to find a match for something like this. This definitely served as motivation to do what I can to help.

As i watched this while entertaining my 5 month old daughter, I can't help but to cry and pray that baby Sophia will find her match soon.

Shared to facebook. Canadian Japanese family members - I hope they will see this and get on board.

This made me really sad….I’m sorry for all the pain and suffering Baby Sophia and her family is going through. I am hopeful that she will recover and stabilize. ❤ 🙏🏻

Thank you for making me aware of the importance of the donor list. I truly had no idea how difficult it is for some people to find a match. I hope that the wonderful family in this video are able to find the match that they need as soon as possible!

Im watching half world away from the Philippines. Im pure asian as far as I'm aware of. I can only pray for her to be able to fight this sickness till the perfect donor arrives. You can do it Sophia, we're praying for you. Lots of love....

As a fellow mom of a 6 month old baby with a medical condition, this really got me bawling. I know the sorrow amidst the joy and love. Rui and Jeremy you are both amazing parents, truly. Thanks for raising awareness of this as well, I have shared and will be donating to the fundraiser. Praying for your family. ❤ Thank you AB, I'm so proud to be a supporter of your channel.

My cousin was lucky enough that her older daughter was a match for her younger daughter who was born with a rare blood cancer. But for most people of mixed Asian descent, needing a bone marrow transplant is often a death sentence. We're mixed Lao and European descent, but her husband is Latin which makes it even more complicated. (I'm a registered bone marrow donor, but I've never gotten the call.)

Hoping for the best outcome! Thank you for raising awareness about this!

My heart is with precious Sophia and her family. ❤Sending prayers and sharing the story. 🙏

Anybody that can help, please do what you can to save this girl

That is a great purpose to use your reach in a purposeful manner! You guys make a difference!

I wish the best to them! I'm already in the bone marrow register in Spain and I know when they look for a match they look internationally since the chances of finding a match are slim, so hopefully they find someone. Thank you for doing this.

neither Canadian, nor mixed. Still supported the fundraiser with what little i could scrape up. Sophia is strong, and Rui and Jeremy make hella wonderful parents. Viva AB for meaningful videos and important campaigns.

😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤ I have shared this with others. Praying for baby Sophia and her family. I will donate blood. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Although I know I cannot donate my bone marrow my heart and prayers 🙏🏾🤲🏾 still go out to Sophia and her parents. I pray that God willing someone will be a 100% match for her and she will go into full remission, become cancer free and able to continue to grow and be healthy continuously. Thank you Asian Boss for putting this on your platform to bring awareness to so many people across the globe. With love , appreciation and continuous prayers ❤️🦋

Sending Sophia and her family love and support. Sending lots of hope for her to find a donor match. She’s absolutely beautiful. Praying for you Sophia ❤

Little Sophia has wonderfully brave parents. Asian Boss team, than so much for putting this call for help out. I'll send this to my hafu friends and family.

Commenting and liking so that this video would get more attention and spread further.

I'll share this with a bunch of my half Asian friends.

Thank you so much for raising awareness❤️

Couldn't donate much due to high expenses recently to tend to family matters, but I really hope people generously open up their hearts to donate a little. If everyone could spare even just a little, it will add up to make a big change. God be with the medical workers tending to this little baby girl & her family & to all people in their care 💗💗💗💗 May her health improve soon & may she thrive!

Nice work spreading awareness

I am half Japanese and my father is a white brazilian, going to register myself as a donor asap

Donation and prayers sent!

This type of cancer took my cousin before she turned two. Praying for a donor match!

The brazilian community in Japan has many half japanese, and here in Brazil even more. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Im a member of bethematch in the usa! I joined a few years ago and have not needed to donate but i would in a heartbeat!

Praying for all three of you. Stay strong.

Hope she gets through this well! 🙏💛

Hoping this young baby girl is saved.

I will be praying for Sophia and her family 🙏❤

Please try contacting the Asian American Donor Program or the NMDP (formerly Be the Match). Hopefully that would open up more possible matches from the US. They always have drives here, as we're pretty mixed in Hawaii. My Japanese and whiteness should be on file.

wishing the best for Sophia and her family

Important note: To find out if you are a match, you do not need a blood test! A simple saliva swab is enough to be registered in an HLA database. In Germany DKSM sends a kit to you at your home or work address, you follow easy directions to take a swab, and send it back via any mail box. It is so easy! DKSM is also present in the US, Chile, India, Poland, the UK and Africa. ... I really do not understand why only 12 million are registered worldwide 😢 Please consider registering, whatever your ethnicity is, independently of a specific person you have heard of who needs a transplant! Maybe somebody else is waiting for a match... If and only if you are a match, and you are healthy enough to donate, you will be contacted and further steps will be initiated.

I wish I was in Canada, sending prayers and good wishes to this sweet family.

Hope this adorable baby always be blessed by God. I am sure you have a fully bright future

Got registered many years ago as a possible bone marrow donator. There was only one match during all these times but not good enough. I hoped that person found a donor in the end. Please people get registered. All of you! And I wish the best for this little one. I am feeling so very sorry for her and her parents. It is so painful to watch.

I have been on the registry for the past 30 years, but I am full Japanese. She’s so cute. I had to give 5-6 vials of blood b/c I was a potential match. They ended up with a closer match so I wasn’t used.

Best wishes😢. That little darling has to live!!!❤️💪

just donated! may الله protect her

I am half Japanese and half Spanish. Did I miss them mentioning the blood type? My family, meaning my brothers, would donate. Our mother has had cancer thrice, and now, with a lymphaproliferate disease. Our grandfather unalived himself from bladder cancer. Our aunts common-law partner passed from skin cancer. One of my baby brother's very best friend eand "brother" last month has passed from lung cancer. My first ever bf, now ex bf, had testicular cancer I nursed him through. A cousin had brain cancer, uterine & ovarian cancer, and it keeps on returning. She was not even a double-digit age during this, and her father, my uncle was unalived a few years prior to it. She had strokes, partial facial Paralysis as a result and more.

East Asian, preferably Japanese or a genetically close populations (Korean, Northern Chinese) and Northern European. That's the mix they're looking for, although in a few occasions, a match can be found in an individual with totally unrelated ancestry. The parents can also decide to have other children and see if one of Sophia's sibling can be a 100% match. More generally, to help the tens of thousands of patients in need worlwide, any healthy person, preferably male (or female before any pregnancy), should consider being a bone marrow donor. It doesn't take much time to be registered and get tested and in any case it's unlikely you'll be contacted within a decade if ever. The donation consists in taking pills for weeks before a blood donation in most cases. In a minority of cases, a surgery is required to retrieve the bone marrow from the hip bone, with no risks besides the typical anesthesia-related one.

Prayers for baby Sophia❤

thanks Asian Boss for this.

I saw the update! I’m glad they found a match. Good luck to the little one and her parents.

I've tried several times to donate blood and become a bone marrow donor but I don't weigh enough. You have to weight at least 110lbs or 50kg. In my life I've never surpassed 100 lbs and I've often wondered how many people I may have helped

I hope she finds a donor soon ❤❤

I'm half Japanese. I will go to Blood Bank but I'm in Texas. Let's see what happens.

I'm mixed and my husband mixed. My son is mixed, with a number of different ethnicities. My heart go out to this family. I can't imagine what I would do if my son was sick.

I’ve always wanted to donate but I’m barred because of autoimmune conditions. Will share this.

This is heartbreaking to hear. My sister's husband is Japanese and they recently had a baby too. We wouldn't know what to do if my nephew was in the same situation and my heart just aches thinking about it. No parents should have to go through this and I hope we can save Sophia. I'll go donate some bone marrow and ask others in my family to do the same.

This made me so sad 😢❤️ sweet Sophia. She's so adorable. I hope and pray that she'll make it and become healthy and defeat the cancer 😢🙏 it is so sad that such small babies get this sick so early 😢 I wish I could donate my blood or bone marrow but I'm 30 and white. So I don't know whether it will help. But as a mom I sincerely hope and pray that you will find the perfect match for Sophia so she can get treatment and become healthy and live a happy life ❤️❤️❤️🍼🍼🍼 ill keep you in my prayers. Let us know later how Sophia's situation is going. Stay strong all of you

LET US PRAY FOR HER HEALTH

I have Adult Onset Leukemia myself and after 2 rounds of chemo, I am in remission. Nothing would make me happier than to try and help. I have been a registered marrow donor for 7 years now. If I cant help with a marrow, is there anything else I can do. ? Of course, prayers couldnt hurt, but many times a little extra help financially couldnt hurt.

God bless Sophiya 🙏💪

Praying for Sophie 😭😭❤️❤️❤️

I really wish I was of this mixed ethnicity so that I could try to help. I would give bone marrow today. You are in my prayers.

I will register right after my pregnancy, thank you for the reminder! Good luck I really hope you find the right match!

This is so kind, the team at Asian Boss is always so beyond my expectations of what makes a good person it’s so inspiring and incredible. I hope the best for these two and poor Sophia - she will come out of this one way or another!!! She will absolutely get that blood donation and I pray she’ll recover and heal… I’ve no doubt she’ll be the resilient fighter she already is!

🙏for Sofia and her family.

I am not mixed heritage but am a registered bone marrow donor. Hope she gets her transplant😢

As a Canadian, I want to thank you for caring about my fellow citizen. Mixed heritage children are the path to a peaceful future in the globe. It is important that we support all of them whenever possible.

I understand your pleas. I go around every platform begging everyone to pray for my wife. Incurable they say. We have two young girls who need their mommy. What more can be done? We trust in the God who can do all things and listens when His people humble themselves and pray. But, let us also make our faith active, donating whatever we can and trusting that God will direct it to the blessing of others. I am heartbroken that our ages disqualify everyone in my family from registering, but I pray for Sophia in faith.

Sharing this!

Praying for your Daughter.

Im mixed (thai/english), and i had no idea that being mixed race but me at a disadvantage like this or that being of a different race had anything to say. Thank you for spreading the awareness, ill register myself up for the Norwegian one and donate if I can!

"White" isnt an ethnicity, if he is more specific about his European ancestry then that would help.

Love to Sophie and her family and friends

I pray Sophia gets her donor match!

Precious baby ❤

I pray 🙏🙏🙏 the Lord heal there baby girl and give her strength to fight leukemia and her parents stay strong also.

I'm a parent of a half Japanese toddler and I cannot imagine having to go through this. I wonder if there are international parent support groups that don't run on FB.

I served a religious proselytizing mission in Japan, frequently serving not just the Japanese people but also American Military Congregations, and grew up with many Asian friends. I've posted this video on my Facebook, calling upon them for help. I will try to contact a few of them directly when I can. I hope that this helps. ❤️ We'll be praying and thinking about little Sophia. I hope she finds a match soon.

I am unable to give bone marrow but I can pray for Sofie and her family also for others going through this. I can also talk about bone marrow donation to people so perhaps children will be saved. God Bless

I am a mom to a 18 month old baby who is half korean and half american. I couldnt hold my tears back while watching this. Cant even imagine what this family is going through right now. Thank you Asian Boss for helping this sweet baby. We need to help one another ...we are all here together for a reason. I wouldnt have known about this family if it werent for you, Asian Boss.I wasnt able to donate a huge amount but i hope my small donation can help a bit. I pray for successful operation and quick recovery 🙏🏼❤

Hoping Sophia can find her miracle.

I have shard this with Canadian friends who may be able to donate and be a match. ❤

Commenting to help with traction.

Oh that darling baby 😭😭 ❤❤❤❤

I really hope more people see this, I want to donate but I’m in the U.S. please let me know if there is a way ♥️

Asian boss you are the best channel ❤️

Yeah that's why I signed up to the bonemarrow bank though I was just under the age cut off. Because I'm incredibly mixed and they needed more donors with some of my genetics, if someone like me needed it the chances they'd find it otherwise are so small. My parents are mixed from across the planet.

Is CAR-T therapy available in Canada? I’m not familiar with Canadian protocols. I live in the US and it is approved for pediatric ALL. Sending healing vibes from California ❣️