I am completely stealing this post idea from a blog i just read, but that blog was about their kid's superpower and it was more satirical than serious, so i don't feel to bad about it.
i think i have a superpower.
as some of you know, (if there are people who read this), i donated bone marrow for a 63 year old woman with an acute form of leukemia in the fall of 2007. she has made a wonderful recovery and is doing quite well. i talk to here on occasion. what was extraordinary about the bone marrow match to me was that i had just registered in the late spring of the same year. it's quite rare for any non-family member to find a complete match, and many people on the registry never get called regarding even a potential match. so i was surprised that it happened so quickly, that we matched on all the necessary levels, and that it worked out so well for the patient.
fast forwarding to 15 minutes ago, i received a phone call from the registry again saying that i was a potential match for a second patient. two matches in two years? how is it possible that i have been given the opportunity to potential help save two individuals lives with my blood, when thousands of other registrants go without a match entirely?
superpower = healing marrow
if you want to consider joining the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry, click this link and find out how to join online. (not to sound like a cheesy philanthropic t.v. commercial, but it's really easy and quite rewarding.)
3 comments:
I always thought your glasses were your superpower. Or, rather, how they work for other people. That is a superpower if you ask me.
That's great man! I'd consider it, except my blog post about SuperEric ended with the conclusion that I ought to say no to more things. Is this one of those???
well, this bone marrow process is a little weird. since i have been a donor before, and types don't change, they really don't have to check me test by test to determine whether or not i might match with this patient. it's a very specific matching process (much like online dating, hehe) and the chance of being a complete fit for another marrow patient are very unlikely. i'll contintue to keep you posted, blog, because i know you care.
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