My mom donated bone marrow today. She signed up on a registry about eight years ago. A few months ago she found out that she was a possible match. After further testing, it was determined that she was a match. She began a series of injections on Thursday to boost her white blood cells/stem cells and then went in yesterday for the collection. They finished up today.
The recipient of my mother's stem cells is a 20-year-old girl with acute leukemia. Please keep this woman in your thoughts and prayers. She has a 50% chance after receiving my mother's stem cells. She needs all the thoughts and prayers we can send her way.
I am so incredibly proud of my mother. The gift that she is giving this young woman is simply amazing.
