Okay, now for a real moral test. If you were a perfect match, would you donate bone marrow to save Hillary?
I would cross a burning desert with a Zulu lance sticking out of my back to help my brother in a life-or-death situation.
I have read the whole article, and just a few of the responses...I will go back and read the entire thread after I finish posting..
I just wanted to say, my own son died of complications from acute promyelocytic leukemia, at age 15 yrs in 1984...at the time of his diagnosis, survival past 2 years with the most awful horrendous chemo one can imagine, was still only at 20 percent...since that time, there have been great advancements in treating and possibly curing this particular type of leukemia...unfortunately, this father, was not one of those who was successfully treated...
We tried desperately for a bone marrow transplant, but neither my husband, nor I, nor our younger son, were good donors...so we tried for an autologous bone marrow transplant(where the patient himself, has his marrow extracted, cleaned up, and reinfused)...unfortunately our son relapsed and died before the transplant could be undertaken...
But if we had had a suitable donor, who was willing to donate their marrow, we would have been overjoyed...
Whatever disagreement this woman has with her brother, surely she should be able to resolve it, in some other way...whatever reasons she has for denying her brother a chance at life, couldnt they be put aside for the time being, and allow her brother to have a chance, so that they might actually be able to resolve those issues...
I just cannot help but feel, that if she continues to deny help to her brother, in the form of her marrow donation, and then he died, that she will one day, greatly regret the choice she made, whether out of anger, or whatever...I hope she reconsiders, and give her brother a chance at life, and gives herself, that satisfaction, that she was mature enough to put aside differences and help her brother...
True, he does not have a 'right', to her marrow, he does not have a 'right', to her body part....but the whole thing just seems to be so very cruel on her part...
I know that her brother has gone through hell, with whatever treatments he has had up to this point...and the preparation for, and the time after the transplant, will be horrendous as well...if she wants her brother to suffer, with or without the transplant he will be suffering..
I hope this situation can be resolved and this man and his wife and children have a chance at life..that dang APL leukemia, is a vicious killer...
I can see a number of reasons why her actions would be explainable.
Perhaps, she, like me, is scared of medical procedures. I'm personally terrified, not of surgery, but of being knocked-out almost to the point of phobia.
I absolutely would not have ANY elective surgery, even donate tissue/organs, unless that person was extremely important to me, and I may still have to be dragged forcibly to the hospital at that. A sibling I might be having long-term quarrels with might not cut it.
This is probably not the case, but it's something to think about. I don't think we have the full story and one person's (who had to be arrested apparantly) opinion that someone is smirking is entirely subjective. The sister may have been going for "sympathetic" and got misinterpreted.
I'm sorry for him and his family, but when his sis said no, he should have said thanks anyway and let it go. Accept it like a man.
Instead, him and his wife are whining up a storm.
It sounds like him and/or his wife have been stalking the sis.
The examples and memories he is making for his kids are not pleasant.
He ought to follow his daughter's example.
If it was my brother or yours, and I was a perfect match, I would do it, but I won't condemn the sis for saying no.
I cant imagine demanding such a thing from my sister, let alone running to the press were this demand not met.
Karma with her soul should turn out to be reallllllllly interesting.
Maybe she's got HIV and didn't tell her "partner" yet.
I fail to see how this is news. People have the right to control their own bodies.
Since there reportedly are no risks, this is nasty of the sister. There have been cases of strangers doing more for those in need of organ donations.
Hey, it's her bone marrow. She can do with it as she wants. Accept her decision and face your future like a man.
Just a thought....
My sister would have done the same to me, if she would have the chance to. She hurt me enough physically and emotionally growing up that I have completely severed all ties with her.
Hey, maybe she was using it!