{"id":4319,"date":"2017-12-06T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T18:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2017-12-12T13:53:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T18:53:31","slug":"45-years-of-tears-the-bone-marrow-transplant-that-never-took-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/45-years-of-tears-the-bone-marrow-transplant-that-never-took-place\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Years of Tears: The Bone Marrow Transplant that Never Was"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Where were you 45 years ago when my son needed a bone marrow transplant?”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Ezer Mizion\u2019s busy office, the phone does not stop ringing. At times, it is the ubiquitous telemarketing call. Other calls may be requesting information about the bone marrow registry<\/strong>. Some calls can be as brief as several sentences but leave the staff member stunned. Like this one received by Chani :<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere were you 45 years ago? When my son needed a bone marrow transplant<\/strong>? I took my two daughters to be tested at UCLA but they were not a genetic match<\/strong>.\u201d Then her voice faltered, \u201cBefore we could try more people, my son— my son—- my son died.\u201d Her voice broke but she tried to continue speaking, \u201cI want to give you a donation. Your organization is so important. \u00a0I only wish it had been in existence 45 years ago. Perhaps he could have received a bone marrow transplant<\/strong>. Perhaps he could have been saved.\u201d She was overcome by tears and hung up the phone.\u00a0\u00a0 The pain of losing a child does not disappear, even after 45 yrs.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Ezer Mizion\u2019s Bone Marrow Registry<\/strong> was founded. For people like this lady\u2019s son. People with Jewish ethnicity\u00a0who need a\u00a0DNA match\u00a0to save their lives. Ezer Mizion’s Bone Marrow Registry<\/strong> receives calls from oncology clinics around the world\u00a0 and has saved over 2600 lives with genetically matching donors from its 850,000 registrants.<\/p>\n

Matan was only ten years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia. A diagnosis of MDS soon followed. By age twelve, his bone marrow<\/strong> was deteriorating and it was soon obvious that without a transplant<\/strong>, he would not turn 13. Would a DNA match<\/strong> be found? In time?<\/p>\n

Matan was one of the fortunate ones.\u00a0\u00a0 Yifat was a newly married young girl.\u00a0 Years ago, she had registered with Ezer Mizion’s Bone Marrow Registry<\/strong>, never expecting to actually be called. But the call did come.\u00a0 It was she who could save the life of Matan, a young boy who would later mature and marry, producing his own children. \u201cI went insane with joy,\u201d she describes the day she received the call. \u201cOf course I said yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yifat, now expecting her first child, met Matan for the first time recently. \u201cI\u2019m feeling great!\u201d Matan fairly shouted when Matan asked him. \u201cOf course, I plan to go to your simcha when the baby is born. We\u2019re sister and brother now. Your blood is in me.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is no longer 45 years ago when patient after patient died while waiting for a DNA match to be found. \u00a0Matan had a lovely Bar Mitzvah celebration. It was tears of joy that were shed by his parents as they thought to themselves, \u201cWhat if there had been no Ezer Mizion<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n

Your contribution will help us process more life saving DNA tests. Please give generously.<\/a>\"DONATE-TODAY-BUTTON-3\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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