New hope!

I am using the following with permission from Martin Abrahams who is writing about his daughter Jess and the bone marrow transplant she has had within the last month. It is a moving story. A.L.L stands for 

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

I am doing the London to Paris (L2P) ride this year to help children like Jess

Martin writes: "I did L2P in 2014 whilst my daughter, Jess, was in maintenance for A.L.L. For those that don't know, Jess relapsed in September 2015 and since then we have been preparing for a bone marrow transplant and now we are 29 days post transplant. Jess is responding well. 

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"The reason I am posting here now is because despite all the odds Jess is still going, thanks to research and thanks to the one donor in the world that was a 10 out 10 match.
Jess made a thank you card for him; in return he had already written a few words but our transplant co-ordinator couldn't share them until we decided to make contact. It has been translated from German.

"My family and I want to pay it forward, as what he has done for us is priceless, so if this message helps motivate anyone with regards to the fund-raising or indeed the training, then it was worth sharing."

I am pleased I can raise money to help children like Jess. Please support Bloodwise by visiting my just giving page and sponsoring me. https://www.justgiving.com/Stephen-Maxted2/

below is what the bone marrow donor wrote to Jess

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Hello

Dear patient

I wanted to write a few lines for you today.

I am 57 years old, male and come from Germany.

I wanted to help and give you my bone marrow whole-heartedly.

I myself have children and even grandchildren and all are doing well. I am glad every day that passes that they are well and I love them more than anything.
I hope you are better soon and you will be healthy and you can live your life like any other human being and experience all the beautiful things in this life.

So in conclusion, I wanted to tell you that I'm really happy that I have been able to help someone else in this world.
It wasn’t easy for me to write these words but it was important to me to write a heartfelt message.

All my love,

Your donor.