Sad news today!

Well I recieved some sad news today! 2 years ago I was contacted about donating bone marrow.. Back when I was pregnant with Kate in 04 I went to the Nex to buy something.. Well I was stopped by a couple of Navy officers to donate some blood to see if I was a match for this little girl that had cancer! I donated the blood and recieved no call. After a couple of months I put it in the back of my head.. I believe it was Feb or Mar when I was woken up one morning to a phonecall from the dept of defense bone marrow program. They told me I was a match for a patient who needed bone marrow.. All they were able to tell me that the patient is female and 27 at the time.. SO after 100s of test and lots of blood later I was off to Washington DC to donate bone marrow! I actually donated May 8th of 2006. I was told after a year I would get like a progress update on her.. Well I really never recieved a whole lot of information from her or her family.. Today I recieved a phonecall from the program and was told she lost her battle with cancer.. My heart dropped and no words came out.. I never knew her or saw what she looked like but I guess she was always in the back of my head and I always wondered what happened to her.. Well I found out today at almost 2 year anniversary of when she recieved my bone marrow. I do feel bad that I wasn't able to save her but the man on the phone said you at least gave her an extra year that she didn't have.. Which made me feel a little better.This whole experience will be one I will never forget. It was somewhat painful but so very worth it. She recieved an extra year with her loved ones. Although it was some what painful I would do this again in a heartbeat..