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| German Woman to rescue American Navy SEAL |
| 2006-09-22 |
| In case you don't know, this is the SEAL that is featured in the SEAL training series on the Military Channel About six weeks ago, Matt from Blackfive.net called about a Navy SEAL named Justin who had been diagnosed with leukemia. Justin’s life likely could be saved with a bone marrow transplant, and with a giant database of willing donors, Justin’s chances might have looked promising. Yet when Justin was tested, it turned out he carried an uncommon trait called the Philadelphia chromosome. Doctors said his chances of finding a match were about 1 in 25,000, and therefore his chances of survival were grim. That is…until groups like Soldiers Angels and Blackfive got involved and called for a blogstorm. I recall talking with Matt about six weeks ago when one of us said, “If anybody can save him, it’s us,” meaning the blogosphere. Matt got tested, but it turns out I’ve been to too many malarial countries to qualify. Fortunately, many others did, and just the other night, Matt phoned with fantastic news. A donor had been found. A perfect match. But not just one donor, there were three perfect matches! Interestingly, when Justin fell sick and his condition radiated into a blogstorm, raising awareness of the marrow-donor issue, he may have saved many lives. All those donor-drives that were initiated on his behalf have the potential to save many lives. The primary donor is a 30 year-old German woman. Over the past couple of years, I have heard countless stories about Germans who visit our wounded service members as they pass through the U.S. Army’s Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl. The United States and Germany may have exchanged sharp words over the course of this war, but it is important to take public notice of the many Germans who help Americans regardless what they think of our government, including this German woman who will donate some of her life-force to save Justin. (Wir bedanken uns bie Deutschland.) |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #5 OK, TW. Can you define genadege ... there's an umlaut in there someplace.... Sie sind auch eine genadege frau, nicht whar? Ich habe einege Deutsche worter kennengelearnt. Guten Abend. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-09-22 22:03 |
| #4 What TW said and Thanks Sis! |
| Posted by: 6 2006-09-22 18:38 |
| #3 Ditto, tw. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-22 18:05 |
| #2 neat turn in an ongoing story Sherry, many thanks. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-09-22 17:08 |
| #1 Herzlichen Dank, gnaedige Frau! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-09-22 13:20 |