The Bologna Blog

A gift of life

The sad news is that my sister has Leukemia. She has spent the last six months feeling terrible and knowing every moment that she might die. She has faced chemo with grace. Spending months in the hospital and losing her hair she treated as a temporary set back. She has been an inspiration. Family members were not close enough matches for marrow. The good news today, an international donor gave the gift of life. She received a transplant and is doing wonderfully. We will wait to see the full outcome for her but thank you seems so inadequate for this gift. God bless you for letting her have a chance at holding her grandbabies and taking walks in the park. Your gift allowed someone to cherish life a little longer. If you are not on the donor list, sign up. There are so many people waiting for a chance to live.