{"id":6735,"date":"2023-04-26T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=6735"},"modified":"2023-04-26T16:47:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:47:51","slug":"avrumy-and-roi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/avrumy-and-roi\/","title":{"rendered":"Avrumy and Roi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The freezing weather that day in Manchester, England, couldn\u2019t hide the warmth and excitement generated by the message Avrumy received: A bone marrow donor had been found for him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of our heroes saving a life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avrumy was just eighteen when he started not feeling well. Medical tests revealed a rather rare form of leukemia and the doctors told him he would need a bone marrow donation, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t know what hit us, but this was what Hakadosh Baruch Hu (G-d) wanted,\u201d he says. \u201cOf course, we turned first to the immediate family. My big brother went to be checked, but they found that the match between us was only twenty-five percent, not enough for a transplant. My other siblings were too young for a bone marrow donation. And so, there was no choice but to seek a donor elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ro\u2019i, who lives in Israel, thousands of kilometers away from Avrumy, was twenty seven when he was asked, just by the way, to give a simple swab sample, and that\u2019s how he entered the registry of potential donors. \u201cI\u2019d totally forgotten about it. About two years had elapsed since the sample was taken, and I hadn\u2019t thought about it at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until that morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey called me from Ezer Mizion,\u201d relates Ro\u2019i, \u201cand the person on the phone informed me that I was found to be a match, so it seems, for a bone marrow donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of our heroes saving a life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?… What\u2019s bone marrow?… How do you donate\u2026? What do you want from me?… Who is supposed to receive it?… What does it entail?…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

:All this I didn\u2019t say aloud, even though I didn\u2019t have the slightest notion of what was expected of me. The secretary\u00a0 asked me to come and meet with the medical staff at Ezer Mizion to receive guidance and information and answers to all of my questions. Inside, I felt that I\u2019d been chosen for an important assignment, more like a mission (!) and I excitedly set an appointment for a meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the meeting, the amazing medical staff explained to me all the details: What bone marrow is, how it can save the life of another person, and why I specifically was chosen this time. They gave me a general indication about the person who is awaiting my donation. They said it was someone not living in Israel and that he needed a donation as soon as possible to save his life. They explained to me the simple donation procedure and I immediately said that sure, I\u2019m willing. It was a major privilege to save another Jew; it was the high point of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, in distant Manchester, Avrumy\u2019s condition worsened from day to day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of our heroes saving a life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI cannot explain what a young person of my age with leukemia feels \u2014 how difficult and painful the treatments are, and above all, the awful feeling that maybe they won\u2019t find me a bone marrow donor, and what will happen then, chalila<\/em>\u2026\u201dAvrumy shares. \u201cThe doctors told me that my condition is serious. And then they informed me that in Eretz Yisrael (Israel), they\u2019d found someone who has basic compatibility and if it turns out that he\u2019s really a good match, he will donate bone marrow to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Manchester <\/strong>\u2014 Avrumy gets the initial news that a donor was found for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel <\/strong>\u2014 Ro\u2019i, who doesn\u2019t know who Avrumy is at all, undergoes the first procedures on the way to a donation. To be continued.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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