GIVING BLOOD ~ A Brother's Love

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at
Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl named
Liza who was suffering from a disease and needed a
blood transfusion from her five- year-old brother. He
had miraculously survived the same disease and had
developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness.
The doctor explained the situation to her little
brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to
give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for
only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying,
"Yes I'll do it if it will save Liza." As the
transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his
sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color
returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew pale and
his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked
with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right
away?" Being young, the boy had misunderstood the
doctor; he thought he was going to have to give her all
his blood.

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