Boy Giving
Blood
There was a story of a little girl named
Liza who was suffering from a disease and needed blood from her five-year-old
brother, who 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.
