{"id":4381,"date":"2018-01-10T16:45:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T21:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2018-01-11T10:10:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T15:10:17","slug":"like-magnet-to-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/like-magnet-to-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Magnet to Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This was number five. We were experienced. My husband had the bris (circumcision) details taken care of within 24 hours of the birth while I lay in my hospital bed dreaming of his first day of school, his first two-wheeler\u2026 We did not know yet what the doctors already suspected.\u00a0 That he is not expected to live long enough to ride a two-wheeler.<\/p>\n

Preparing to feed him on his very first day of life, I noticed a rash on his head and groin. I assumed it was nothing but thought I would point it out to the nurse on duty.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t nothing. It was a big something.\u00a0 By the time he was five months, we had learned that the \u2018something\u2019 had a name: Wiscott-Aldrich<\/a> \u2013 a hereditary disorder that attacks one out of every million children and affects platelets and immune system cells. The average life expectancy was no more than five years. Unless\u2026we held tight to our chairs. There was an \u2018unless\u2019, a \u2018maybe\u2019, perhaps some hope in this black, black nightmare we found ourselves in.<\/p>\n

\u201cA bone marrow transplant<\/strong> may cure him,\u201d the doctor explained. \u201cWe need to search for a perfect genetic match<\/strong>. If we find one, the disease can be cured.\u201d It took months. Just before his first birthday, we receive the joyous news.\u00a0 A young man from Ezer Mizion\u2019s Bone Marrow Registry<\/strong> is a match and he has agreed to go ahead with the procedure!<\/p>\n

Nothing was simple for our little precious one. So weakened from his condition, he contracted a virus right after the transplant and his tiny body almost totally collapsed because of his extremely fragile immune system. Slowly but surely, however, as the months went by, he gained strength, and, at age two, he finally had his bris.<\/p>\n

Today, a year after his bris, he is a charming, mischievous child, happy, bright and content. But he remains cautious in his relationships. He even hesitates to go to immediate family members. That is why I was astounded to see him jump off his chair and run to a total stranger, hugging and kissing him. Who was that stranger?<\/p>\n

\"DNA<\/a>
They share the same DNA!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two years after his transplant, a meeting was arranged by Ezer Mizion between the family and Lior, the young man who selflessly donated his stem cells<\/strong>.\u00a0 Like magnet to metal, our precious three-year-old sensed the connection between himself and Lior. It is Lior\u2019s blood that now flows in his veins. It\u2019s been months since they met but not a day goes by that our dear little son does not say \u2018Lior gave me blood. Lior helped me.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was told that I was a match,\u201d says Lior, \u201cI felt like I had actually won the lotto, that I was given the loftiest opportunity there is \u2013 to save human life. There is nothing in this world like it. Saving a patient is the most real and pure thing there is. May Hashem help Ezer Mizion<\/a> to find many more matches for cancer patients everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Genetic testing is costly. Your donation will enable more miracles to happen. \"DONATE-TODAY-BUTTON-3\"<\/a><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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