The Greatest Feeling I’ve ever had, and it hasnt even hit me that hard yet.
“Thanks for your email, I apologize for the delay in response. We have just received an update from the transplant center about your recipient. They tell us your recipient has engrafted, meaning your healthy cells have settled in and are already producing healthy cells–which is very good news. Overall they say your recipient’s recovery is going very well and is improving better than expected. They have also relayed your recipient has already been discharged from the hospital. “
For weeks I was worried, knowing she would die if her body didnt take to my marrow. Shes already out of the hospital, and shes getting some healthy love from my marrow. I feel like im floating on a cloud. Somewhere out there a family still has its mother, a person is still breathing, and all it took was a little bit of effort on my part.
I cant even express how good this feels. I have personally seen how devastating it can be and how much a person can be ruined by the loss of a mother and I hoped every single night since I was selected that I would be able to prevent it happening to someone else.
I want to write more, and more, and more, but I have to go put on my ballistic armor and go play soldier. Fucking Army.
I hope you are well, wherever you may be.
-Mike
