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A Third Generation of Quality and Tradition in Diamonds and Diamond Jewelry passed down from Norman Allan
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eth Rubin was 15 years old fact, doctors say Mr. Rubin has
in 1991 when his father re- a good chance of pulling through.
"About 50 percent," says Dr.
ceived his first diagnosis of
leukemia. Traumatized, Howard Terebelo of the hema-
the teen-ager returned home tology/oncology department at
from school each day, sat in his Providence Hospital. "He's a very
compliant patient. Very upbeat.
bedroom and cried.
Through tears, Seth kept a Very dedicated to beating his
desperate eye out for television leukemia."
These days the family consid-
documentaries and other sources
of information about cures for his ers its main battle one against
grim financial realities. As yet it
father's disease.
Luckily, his dad David Rubin is unclear whether their insur-
received a bone-marrow trans- ance will cover a new transplant.
What's certain is that the pre-
plant that year and was on his
way to recovery until this past liminary search for a marrow
Thanksgiving, when the donor will cost anywhere from
$5,000 to $100,000.
leukemia came back.
The first time Mr. Rubin un-
Mr. Rubin's wife, Tova, re-
mains optimistic but fearful. This derwent a transplant, the fami-
time their struggle is not so much ly didn't encounter this cost
against the disease, she says. In because doctors extracted and re-
placed Mr. Rubin's own bone
marrow.
This time, the 50-year-old
patient requires marrow
from a source genetically un-
related to him. His wife has
urged friends and her imme-
diate family members to get
tested. Many did, including
her sister in Israel.
The initial search, con-
ducted by Harper Hospital in
conjunction with the Nation-
al Marrow Donor Program,
turned up 30 potential
donors, who now must un-
dergo more extensive, ex-
pensive testing to confirm
their eligibility.
"We were so happy when
we heard that there are pos-
sibilities, but we were so
afraid because $100,000 is an
awful lot of money," Mrs. Ru-
bin says.
Mr. Rubin is covered by
SelectCare and Medicare.
Neither will cover the screen-
David and Tova Rubin married in 1968.
T HE D E TR O IT J E WI S H N E W S
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Hoping for the best: Sophie Grossman, Seth, Matthew, David and Tova Rubin with
family friend LeRon Bishop.
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