A friend of mine was diagnosed with leukemia in her 60s. Her last hope was a marrow transplant. Luckily, they found one in Germany! This lady had signed up in the donor registry years before, but wasn't a match for the child and later the teenager in her region that needed a transplant. Years went by and out of the blue she got the news that she was a match for a woman in California (my friend). The transplant was performed, and my friend fully recovered. This year she went to Germany to thank the donor and found out that this lady had received the match request two days before her wedding! She said yes, and a few weeks later became a lifesaver while still a newlywed. Here they are together.
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- Posted by lindariebel
- Nov 24, 2015
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bountiful wrote: divine gifts of support and kindness for sure so glad your friend is doing really well, and beautiful kindness for the lady who donated, and after her wedding as well super bonus of love xx
C0ZYC0FFEE wrote: Speechless-ill second what bountiful said. Its amazing how people reach out for others they have never met a are able to give such a significant gift
splain wrote: That is such a feel good story and Kindness at the top of the list. what a beautiful soul she is, She put your friends needs first. Amazing.
AndiCas wrote: That's an astonishing story. So happy for your friend, and wishing there was a way to tell the German donor lady how much I admire her.
melnotes wrote: Wow this is a beautiful share! Thank you :)
mindyjourney wrote: This post gave me chills, my friend...a sure sign of the Divine <3. Thank you for sharing with us and blessings to them both.
alisamom wrote: Such a beautiful story to share with us, thank you! I had always wanted to sign up as a donor but always procrastinated- until this spring, now I'm finally a registered marrow donor :)
savraj wrote: That's beautiful!
lt33 wrote: This is beautiful story glad your friend is doing well & god bless the donor
mish wrote: Wow..brought tears. How beautiful this was & is. 💕💕
