It's been a very long time since I've posted here but thought I'd share our exciting moment with the Marrowforums family...
Grant was transplanted on 9/11/08, again on 10/23/08 and received a boost on 8/11/09 to finally be free of Aplastic Anemia. It was a long, long, arduous journey.
In January of this year, we were contacted by DKMS, the German Bone Marrow Registry. They asked whether we were interested in coming to Berlin to meet Grant's donor whom we only knew as "Mrs. X" or "Isi". Our meeting would be spotlighted as part of the DKMS 20th Anniversary Celebration. Of course we jumped at this once in a lifetime chance to meet the woman who saved Grant's life. Oh, and one more thing... it was going to be a surprise for her!
Please share the moment with us by watching the news broadcast below. You may not be able to understand the dialogue but I'm sure you will understand the emotion.
Wendy Beltrami
mom to Grant/ age 19.5
dx 12/4/98 AA
ATGx2 plus a zillion other types of treatment
BMT 9/11/08
PBSCT 10/23/08 (same donor!)
Boost 8/11/09
http://www.frauenzimmer.de/cms/html/...sretterin.html