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However, because Cohen was adopted as a baby, neither his mother, Charlene Ehrlich, nor his sister, Shelia, 26, are good matches. Although insurance will pay for Cohen's medical bills, it will not pay for the donor search, which may run as high as $25,000. To help defray the cost, a three-hour fund-raising re- ception will be held at 3 p.m. June 3 at the Southfield Sheraton Hotel. The recep- tion will include two barber- shop quartets and perfor- mances from Southfield Lathrup High School students. Oakland County Commissioners have declared June 3 as Johnathan Cohen Day in his honor. In addition to the recep- tion, the West Bloomfield of- fice of the Michigan Group Realty Co., where Cohen's sister Shelia works, has begun a candy sale to raise money. A discretionary fund in Cohen's name, established by Congregation Beth Achim Rabbi Martin Ber- man has raised about $5,000. Rabbi Berman agreed to establish the fund after congregation member and Ehrlich's friend, Helene Gottfried, requested it. The search for a donor has taken Cohen to Youngstown, Ohio, where a probate court recently gave him permis- sion to open adoptions records in hopes of finding his natural family. Once his natural parents are discovered, they must be tested to determine if they are suitable donors. Cohen's best chance for a match is finding a brother or sister from his natural parents. The hunt for Cohen's biological family is progress- ing, Ehrlich said. Finding Cohen's natural parents has been difficult because the adoption records kept 20 years ago were incomplete. All they contained was an address where Cohen's natural mother had lived with her parents. A trip into his biological mother's neighborhood yielded little about her whereabouts, she said. Although neighbors re- membered the family, they didn't know what had happened to the daughter. Ehrlich has discovered two half-siblings who may be Ehrlich has discovered two half-siblings who could be donors. potential donors. She will not know until later this week when the pair can be tested. Doctors are waiting for Cohen's white blood count to increase before they deter- mine his tissue type. Once the tissue type is known, doctors will try to match it up with those found in the National Bone Marrow Registry. The registry holds the names and tissue types of more than 100,000 poten- tial bonemarrow donors. If no compatible donors are found in the national registry, Ehrlich asks local residents to become pheresis donors. The chances of fin- ding an unrelated donor are one in 20,000. Cohen is often tired from the chemotherapy treatments he continues to undergo, Erhlich said. Every day she drives Cohen to the doctor's office for tests or treatments. It is one of the few times Cohen can leave the Green- field Road apartment, she said. Before his illness, Cohen, who once worked at a local restaurant, loved to drive. But doctors, afraid that Cohen will get into an accident and begin bleeding profusely, have told him not do to so. Sometimes friends will come over and watch televi- sion with him, Ehrlich said. "He has his good days and his bad days," she said.