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Patient donor stories

Our objective is to thank all donors worldwide on this special day, World Marrow Donor Day. Find out who are these life saving heroes and meet the people they gave another chance at life.

Eliza wants to live (Poland)

16-09-2020
By Monique Joris

My name is Eliza and I am 26 years old. Together with my husband Marcin and our daughter

The reality for Emma (USA)

16-09-2020
By Monique Joris

Imagine that you are 10 years old, fighting a rare, life-threatening blood disorder. You need a bone marrow

Veer is waiting for his life saving match (UK/India)

16-09-2020
By Monique Joris

Veer is a happy, adventurous 3-year-old from the UK. The mischievous child is full of energy and loves

Help Praise (UK/Nigeria)

16-09-2020
By Monique Joris

Three-year-old Praise is a bubbly, chatty child; she loves books and reading stories, observing people and learning about

Ray Of Hope For A Mother (India)

16-09-2020
By Monique Joris

What could be more grievous for a parent other than knowing about their child’s dreadful health. Sharing my

I wish I could meet my donor to say THANK YOU! (Australia/Lebanon)

10-09-2020
By Monique Joris

I live in Australia and in 2010 I was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma when I was 24 years

I celebrate my Transplant Anniversary every year (Australia)

10-09-2020
By Monique Joris

In April 1999, after 13 months in remission, I relapsed with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Initial diagnosis affords

I was the selected donor (Spain)

10-09-2020
By Monique Joris

Until today I don’t think I had ever stopped to think about the reason for becoming a blood

International Family Assistance Program (South Africa)

10-09-2020
By Monique Joris

The SABMR’s International Family Assistance Program: Tanzanian donor comes to South Africa to donate for brother in the

Sophie’s Story (Hong Kong)

10-09-2020
By Monique Joris

What started out as a regular day on January 19th, 2017 became a visit to the pediatrician which

“So we’re family, you’re half latina now!” (USA)

10-09-2020
By Monique Joris

Hello, I’m Shardé Fultz and I received an allogeneic bone marrow transplant in 2011 after receiving chemo and

The Story of a Real Warrior (India)

10-09-2020
By Monique Joris

Our donor, Mr. Baltej Singh, is a 38-year-old healthy man who belongs to a farmer family and has

An Indigenous stem cell donor’s journey (Canada)

10-09-2020
By Monique Joris

Donating stem cells to a stranger is deeply personal, altruistic – and for Melissa Deleary, just another day

Raquel ‘vampirinha’ (Brazil)

28-10-2019
By Monique Joris

I am  Raquel, I became known as “vampirinha” vampire girl. I’m  Brazilian, 32 years old and received a

Surviving the dark

14-09-2019
By Monique Joris

The Dark (K)night rises… It’s a little past half past 11 on a warm December morning. The sky

How a text changed a life! (Wales)

12-08-2019
By Monique Joris

  So first things first; when you start donating blood, they ask you ‘can we take an extra

Jose Maria (Spain)

12-08-2019
By Monique Joris

  Dear Receiver, I don’t know you and surely I never will. The only thing they have told

“Save Workanash” (Israel)

01-08-2019
By Monique Joris

Workanash, “pure gold” in Amharic, was born thirty years ago in Ethiopia and immigrated to Israel at age

Julio and Ryan (USA)

10-04-2019
By Monique Joris

On Sunday, January 14, Gift of Life held its ninth annual Steps for Life 5k Run & Walk

Julia and her brother (Ukraine)

17-03-2019
By Monique Joris

My name is Julia, I’m 29 years old. In 2017 I was diagnosed with severe aplastic anaemia. Doctors

You me and ‘the big C’ (South Africa)

15-02-2019
By Monique Joris

  Michaela Shoebotham is a 32-year old wife and mother of 2 gorgeous boys.  She is also a

Donor (USA) surprises transplant recipient (Germany) on his wedding day

02-01-2019
By Monique Joris

Christopher Salz, a resident of Neustadt, Germany, was surprised during his wedding reception when his groomsmen stopped the

Fred Schmitthammer (USA) and Pierre Kückelmann (Germany)

09-10-2018
By Monique Joris

Francesca Barone Schmitthammer is laughing. It is hard imagining this bubbly American woman in sad moments. Moments in

A Story of Saving a Life (Saudi Arabia)

24-09-2018
By Monique Joris

My father used to be in good health without any medical issues. One day we noticed sudden changes

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