German Angel

Today, an extremely brave German woman went through an operation to have her bone marrow harvested.
She had already endured weeks of testing to ensure she was physically fit.
She had a general anaesthetic whilst the doctors removed her bone marrow by inserting needles into her hip bones at least 6 times to be able to collect enough marrow.

She was no doubt scared and worried about the procedure and will feel poorly and very sore for the next week.

And this amazing woman went through this for a person she doesn't even know or has ever met - 
FOR MY SON.

Words cannot describe how amazing I think this lady is.
All she knew was her bone marrow was needed for an English Boy. 
All we know is a German lady was a match.

A match !! - No, she is nothing short of an angel on Earth.

After discovering myself, my husband and our daughter wasn't a match the bone marrow team first searched the UK, then Europe and finally the rest of the world for a suitable match. But there wasn't any.

Brett has a rare element to his tissue type and at one point the only option open to us was a partial match from a person in America.

Then suddenly a miracle happened, this German lady just popped up on the system and she had the rare element Brett so desperately needed.

I still get goose bumps when I think about it.

To go through so much for a stranger is an amazingly selfless act and I really cannot thank her enough.

As I type this. her life saving cells will be landing in the UK after being quickly transported to the German airport.

Transplant happens Thursday.

A stranger has given my son the chance of life, and I feel so humbled by the greatest of all gestures.

I have a thank you card which I am writing in English and German and a small token of my thanks. The letter gets sent via our bone marrow team, as all details have to remain anonymous, which is the biggest shame.

If ever there's a person I would like to meet, its this extraordinary lady.

If ever there's a time when thank you isn't enough, it's now.I would love be able to look her in the eye and tell her what she means to me and my family.

danke du bist ein Held
Apparently it's this in German:

Thank you your a hero. xxxxx