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Oxnard resident looking for his bone marrow match

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Gustavo Gonzalez cleans his 1978 Lincoln Continental at his brother's house in Oxnard on Wednesday. Gonzalez hopes one day to be well enough to resume restoring the car, an endeavor he had to abandon after being diagnosed with leukemia.

Photo by Karen Quincy Loberg, Ventura County Star

Gustavo Gonzalez cleans his 1978 Lincoln Continental at his brother's house in Oxnard on Wednesday. Gonzalez hopes one day to be well enough to resume restoring the car, an endeavor he had to abandon after being diagnosed with leukemia.

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  • Gustavo Gonzalez cleans his 1978 Lincoln Continental at his brother's house in Oxnard on Wednesday. Gonzalez hopes one day to be well enough to resume restoring the car, an endeavor he had to abandon after being diagnosed with leukemia.
  • Gustavo Gonzalez poses Wednesday with the 1978 Lincoln Continental he hopes to resume working on. His friends, family and doctors are searching for an O-positive bone marrow donor to give him a 60 percent chance of surviving leukemia.
  • Gustavo Gonzalez stands outside the home of his brother in Oxnard on Wednesday. Gonzalez is searching for an O-positive bone marrow donor to give him a 60 percent chance of surviving leukemia.
  • Gustavo Gonzalez looks over the 1978 Lincoln Continental he was restoring with the Touch of Class Car Club before he was debilitated with leukemia.
  • Gustavo Gonzalez (from right) sits with his friend Daniel Becerra his brother Humberto Gonzalez and his sister, Joanna Garcia at his brother's home in Oxnard. A major source of funding runs out for Gonzalez on May 8 when Gustavo Gonzalez turns 21 and is no longer eligible for assistance as a minor with leukemia.

Just a simple cheek swab could save 20-year-old Oxnard resident Gustavo Gonzalez's life. It's that simple.

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