This P.E.I. woman says man who donated his bone marrow now like 'family'
CBC
Gerri Corcoran says Colin MacPhee has become like a son to her.
But even before the Rustico, P.E.I., woman met the young man from Ontario, there was something connecting them — two years ago, MacPhee donated his stem cells to Corcoran to help her fight leukemia.
Donations are usually anonymous, unless the donor and recipient want to meet each other. Corcoran said she learned her donor was interested in meeting her months after the fact.
"They gave me the contact for the donor, come to find out he's a young gentleman for Ottawa, Ontario. It was so exciting," Corcoran said.
"We ended up doing FaceTime and then when the borders opened ... in August this year, [we were] able to make a quick trip to meet them in Ottawa."
"I don't think she gave me a choice," MacPhee said.
"She said 'I'm coming down to meet you and I can't wait to give you one of our P.E.I. hugs.' I couldn't refuse that."
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