#maybe in the future she'll get to do that. i know that finding donor matches can be really hard

[eats-the-stars]

might be going into the cities with my sister sometime soon so she can donate bone marrow to someone with leukemia. she signed up for some kind of “we’ll tell you if you match w/somebody who needs any kind of donor” program a while back and they contacted her earlier today to tell her she’s got a match. I’ll probably be going with her, so that’s interesting. kind of disappointed I can’t donate stuff, but I’m anemic and I react poorly to anesthesia (had a past surgery where I woke up early and was partially paralyzed and lost sensation in my legs and it was a big mess) and I think I have something else that disqualifies me. maybe the fact that I had Lyme Disease? but yeah my sister’s wanted to be a donor for a long time so she’s pretty happy about this. she donates blood and plasma already around here, but bone marrow is a step up for sure. fortunately she’s very healthy and has a good history with reacting to anesthesia and surgery recovery and all that, so no issues anticipated.