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Marshall’s interests at school are Science, History, and Latin. His favorite sport is ice hockey and he plays on a non-travel team in the Raleigh Youth Hockey Association. Marshall also loves basketball but his first joy is skating with his team and getting to play goalie. He loves the Carolina Hurricanes and several people have given Marshall tickets to go and watch the Canes play.

St. Timothy’s School in Raleigh sponsored a 5K Race to benefit Marshall in 2006 and 2007 year. Over 500 people participated each year. All proceeds from the two races were donated to Marshall’s Fund at HelpHOPELive.

Marshall’s hobbies are collecting hockey & baseball cards and helping his parents with their Bluebird-nesting project. For the past four years he has helped film a pair of Bluebirds as they hatched and fledged their babies from a nesting box on the family back porch.

Since he was diagnosed with bi-lateral kidney disease in August 2005, Marshall has had to undergo many hours of frightening and lengthy medical tests. Throughout all of this he has been brave and hopeful that things will be better when he gets his new kidney. He gets a growth hormone injection every night and a shot for his severe anemia twice each week.
Marshall has also participated in several research projects at the UNC Kidney Center that hopefully will benefit other transplant patients and their families.
His Aunt Karen, who lives in South Carolina, has volunteered to donate a kidney to Marshall and has been tested and cleared by the UNC medical team to be Marshall’s donor. Now Marshall and Karen must wait until the medical team decides it is the right time for the transplant.

Many churches, Sunday School classes, prayer groups, schools, day-care centers and many, many individuals have been praying for Marshall since finding out about his condition. Please join the thousands who are praying and be sure to pray for all the other adults and children who are facing tests and operations associated with organ transplants.

Marshall says he wants be to a TV sports announcer and commentator when he grows up. For now, though, he says he just wants to be a normal kid and to be able to play sports with his friends and classmates and read his favorite books.

You may contact Marshall by sending him an email at: [email protected] He will be glad to hear from you and happy to answer your questions about his progress.

Thank you for your prayers and your support!

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