We've never met and you have already changed my life forever. All I have been told about you is that you're a busy Mom of 3 children and you live somewhere on the East coast. I just wanted to let you know that I am in constant prayer for you and your family. I've been told that you will be going in to the hospital this week on Dec. 14th for bone marrow harvesting. I hope the procedure is textbook, that your recovery time is quick, and that your family is a great support for you.
Words cannot express the wealth of emotion I feel as I think of your selfless act on behalf of our son. Our son was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic disease at 7.5 months of age. His bones have not allowed him to grow since he was 6 months old. He needs bone marrow to grow. He has no siblings and we are not a HLA match for him either. Without medical intervention and a bone marrow transplant he would not live beyond infancy. When you received the call that you were possibly a match you went through confirmatory testing and found out that you are the one!
You agreed to give him a life saving cure. You are of a rare class of people who walk the walk and not just talk the talk. You are a hero for our family and our son. I wish you could have felt our family's great joy and huge sigh of relief when we found out about you. You have brought us hope during a time when things were so dark and I feared I might have to face nursing my baby from the cradle to the grave.
You will soon be a part of our family forever come December 22nd when your very own genetic substance will lie closer to our son's heart than I could ever reach as a parent. We are eternally grateful for your decision making, thoughtfulness, generosity, and the gift of life you are giving to a complete stranger. Thank you will never be enough.
I look forward to sharing this with you when the National Bone Marrow Registry says it's okay to contact you. Until then, from one mother to another, I hope you are overwhelmed by the spiritual presence sent your way and know that you are my son's hero. Thank you for giving our son the best Christmas present for his 1st Christmas. The only gift he needs and the only gift we can't give him. Thank you for being the one to save his life.
Sincerely with deep gratitude, thankfulness, & love,
Sarah