Big gifts come in tiny packages.
We’ve never met you and know very little about you, nor are we allowed to for the next year. What we do know is that you are a healthy 23 year-old man from somewhere in the United States. You have been through half a dozen tests over the course of the past several months all to confirm you are indeed the best match for Idan. Indeed, you are a 10/10 match and even have Idan’s blood type. Your world has just collided with ours, and we must thank you for sending Idan the gift of life.
Around midnight last night, your stem cells arrived in two tiny packages, both labeled with Idan’s name. When the nurses came into the room and showed us your cells to verify that the name on the packages was Idan’s, I felt a feeling that mothers rarely get to feel twice. Seeing those tiny packages felt exactly like the feeling that rushed over me the moment Idan was first brought into my arms on the day he was born. He was a newborn then, and in many ways he is a newborn now. The gift of seeing your child’s future and all the hope it promised is the most wonderful gift you can receive.
Although the road ahead is long and will most undoubtedly be bumpy, the fact remains that you showed the most selfless kindness possible from a complete stranger. Whoever you are, wherever you are, thank you. Thank you for giving our child a second chance at health and longevity. Thank you for saving his life.
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