When I Was Four, My Mother Left Me Alone in a Church—Twenty Years Later She Returned Crying, “We Need You”
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Chapter 25 - THE TEST RESULTS
A week later, Rebecca called.
“You are not a perfect identical match.”
For some reason, relief and disappointment hit simultaneously.
Then she continued.
“But your HLA profile makes you a potentially useful related donor.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means Hannah’s transplant physicians want to evaluate you further.”
Not:
You’re the miracle.
Not:
Only you can save her.
Potentially useful.
May you like
Medicine was less dramatic than my mother.
I liked medicine better.
