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Today, I give you a fantastic story through the eyes of a bone marrow donor who saved the life of a young boy. Her story began with the simple task of having someone taking a cotton swab to the inside of her cheek and collecting some cells.
This is great reading and brings all of you reading this- potential bone marrow donors into what is asked for and required by a bone marrow donor (essentially a stem cell donor)- not a lot and you get the gift of saving a life.
I urge you to read the full story- but here is a teaser:
April 19, 2005, 8 p.m., I heard the voice message that returned me promptly back to earth: “Hello, this is the Gift of Life bone marrow registry. You are a potential match. Please call us back. A MATCH? WHAT?! OH MY GOSH! I immediately called my mom, who is also on the registry. I signed up in December 2001 because a friend's colleague was in need of a donation, and the best chance for a match was from someone of Eastern European descent. I thought it was the right thing to do, and it was so easy to register - a mere cotton swab of the inside of the cheek to collect some cells. My mom also encouraged me, “What is the worst thing that can happen? You will be a match and potentially save a life?I love that last line. It makes perfect sense, so after reading
this story here, make sure you go to
www.marrow.org here.