Stories of Kindness from Around the World

A Little Boy's Selfless Love


--by Clueless, posted Aug 5, 2009

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a lovely little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare life threatening disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year-old brother, who had somehow survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness.

The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save her."

As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?".

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.

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Readers Comments

yatrik wrote: hey clueless

this is so selective post i just thinking that it very ver y true..

thanks you very much for this inspirational story.

I Love this five lessons and i will always remember..
yatrik
AURELIA wrote: All are wonderful...The last was so precious...giving his life for his sister's...at lease he thought he was!
Thanks...:0) Aurelia
grammagussie wrote: Ah!!... what sweet lessons in living...Thanks for sharingSmileyCentral.com
monkeyinpajamas wrote: I absolutely love this!

Children are the sweetest.
Harriet wrote: What a wonderful response; "yes, i will do it! "
Blessings to this family!
incognita wrote: The little girl is extremely lucky to have such an amazing brother, it made me think about how much i actually do for my sister =) cheers
vinanth wrote: Hi.

Thank u for your cute story.

We'll surely get inspired by that
Innocent kid.
Sydney wrote: This is such an incredible story about the purity of children.


Thank you for sharing it.
BumMiggity wrote: As young adults, we can learn a lot from young children. Thank you for sharing.
guddee wrote: Thank you for the wonderful story. It is very emotional. That is the innocence of the child and his love for the sister.

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