She could save her sister's life. But she can't get into the U.S.

Helen Huynh best hope for survival is a stem cell transplant from her sister in Vietnam.



Helen Huynh will die without a stem cell transplant. A donor could save her life, and there is hope: her sister in Vietnam is a perfect match. But the U.S. Consulate there has refused to give her a temporary visa.

A cancer patient desperately needs a stem-cell transplant. But the U.S. won't grant the donor a visa.

Huynh, 61, is suffering from acute myeloid leukemia. Her best hope for survival is stem cell transplant from her sister, Thuy Nguyen, who lives in a Vietnam and is a rare 100 percent match.

But Nguyen's visa application has now been denied four times.

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