A Marine veteran met the bone marrow donor who saved his life
Oak Creek Marine veteran Henry Douglas met Wauwatosa donor Ethan Massen, who had joined the registry 10 years earlier, for the first time at Aurora St. Luke's on Veterans Day after a successful stem cell transplant.
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Marine veteran Henry Douglas of Oak Creek met Ethan Massen of Wauwatosa for the first time on Veterans Day at Aurora St. Luke's in the Milwaukee area, CBS 58 reported. Massen, who lives just miles away, had joined the bone marrow registry 10 years earlier. His donation led to Douglas's successful stem cell transplant. The meeting is the new part of the story. The transplant had already succeeded. Ten years is how long Massen had been on the registry before they stood in the same room.
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