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On Friday, May 10, two bone marrow transplant recipients – a Simi Valley boy who just turned 8, and a 63-year-old Woodland Hills man whose parents were Holocaust survivors – met the donors who saved their lives. The event was the emotional highlight of the 37th annual “Celebration of Life” Bone Marrow Transplant Reunion. In the audience, some smiled, some cried, but all understood. Read more >>
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In November 2010, a few days before her 5-year-old son Ryan was to undergo a bone marrow transplant from a donor they had never met, Maggie Compton made a print of Ryan’s tiny hand on a blank greeting card, which she planned to send to his donor with her own thank-you letter.
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Barry Crackett was sitting alongside his wife Jessica’s hospital bed in England admiring their newborn son, Sol. They’d planned for a peaceful water birth at home, but sudden complications led to a hospital birth and a rather traumatic entry into the world. Now that things were calm, and Sol was fine, Crackett finally could read the letter.
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It takes cancer survivor Joseph Mandel awhile to open his Woodland Hills front door because he’s on crutches. His leg injury, however, is not due to disease but to a recent skiing accident. Mandel, who underwent a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor in 2010, is back to his old passions, sailing down slopes, white-water rafting, and is even courting new loves like sky diving.
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In November 2010, a few days before her 5-year-old son Ryan was to undergo a bone marrow transplant from a donor they had never met, Maggie Compton made a print of Ryan’s tiny hand on a blank greeting card, which she planned to send to his donor with her own thank-you letter.
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