<p>An Argentine woman suffering from leukemia used Facebook to find her father after nearly two decades without contact so that bone marrow donation tests can be performed on him, media reported.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Malen Gaynor,39, resident of Buenos Aires, decided to search for her father after being hospitalised two weeks ago for cancer.<br /><br />Given the inefficacy of chemotherapy in her case, her chances of survival depend on finding a compatible bone marrow donor.<br /><br />Gaynor found her father who had divorced her mother when she was a little girl and with whom she had been out of contact for 18 years, thanks to Facebook, where she has set up the "Hoy Dono Vida" (Today I Donate Life) page to raise awareness about bone marrow donations.<br /><br />"I decided to contact my dad when they suggested the transplant, which they could do with 50 percent compatibility. It's a chance, if a 100 percent compatible unrelated donor doesn't show up," Gaynor told reporters Wednesday.<br /><br />"I found him living in (the central city of) Cordoba and through him I contacted my half-brother who lives in Buenos Aires and they've already done a blood analysis on him to test compatibility. My dad is coming June 4 to have it done also," she said.<br /><br />"I feel that I reconciled myself with the past," Gaynor said.</p>
<p>An Argentine woman suffering from leukemia used Facebook to find her father after nearly two decades without contact so that bone marrow donation tests can be performed on him, media reported.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Malen Gaynor,39, resident of Buenos Aires, decided to search for her father after being hospitalised two weeks ago for cancer.<br /><br />Given the inefficacy of chemotherapy in her case, her chances of survival depend on finding a compatible bone marrow donor.<br /><br />Gaynor found her father who had divorced her mother when she was a little girl and with whom she had been out of contact for 18 years, thanks to Facebook, where she has set up the "Hoy Dono Vida" (Today I Donate Life) page to raise awareness about bone marrow donations.<br /><br />"I decided to contact my dad when they suggested the transplant, which they could do with 50 percent compatibility. It's a chance, if a 100 percent compatible unrelated donor doesn't show up," Gaynor told reporters Wednesday.<br /><br />"I found him living in (the central city of) Cordoba and through him I contacted my half-brother who lives in Buenos Aires and they've already done a blood analysis on him to test compatibility. My dad is coming June 4 to have it done also," she said.<br /><br />"I feel that I reconciled myself with the past," Gaynor said.</p>