Just a story....

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Giving Blood:

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got

to know a little girl named

Liza who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance

of recovery appeared to be

a blood transfusion from her 5-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. And, come to

think of it, that's a real friend who is willing to give His life for

you.

Lyn

" We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking up at the stars. "

Wilde

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