Day -1: Somewhere abroad a 30-year-old man donated his stem cells this morning for a person he knows nothing about. All we know is he is ABO compatible, 11/12 matched including DPB1, with A locus micromismatched.
Since then his cells have been making the trip in a cooler carried by a courier on foot, car and plane. The number of cells were counted at the international facility and there were enough for her size in the first of two bags he donated. The second bag will be saved, if not needed right away, and frozen in case the engraftment doesn't work. The cells will be re-counted here and then she'll get them over three hours in the wee hours of the morning.
This is a good time for prayers for safe passage and a happy landing in Annie's body.
A safe landing tonight - a good omen!
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Well, I'm crying and praying. I cannot get over the generosity that's out there and so grateful that it is.
ReplyDelete"May God bless you and keep you and make his face shine on you" Annie, Melissa, Katherine and Tom.
We love you.
She will have to give her mystery man a name!
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