- November 7th, 2008, 11:24 pm
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Very cool story ...
The Baptist Standard wrote:One-time acquaintances are friends for life–literallyHere is the LU connection ...
By Mike Midkiff, East Texas Baptist University
Published: November 07, 2008
MARSHALL—Bob Hogberg and Marc Heath have only met face-to-face once, but they are friends for life—in this case, Hogberg’s life.
Their friendship began with an unselfish gift—bone marrow donated by Heath, who lives in Greensboro, N.C., and received by Hogberg, mechanical maintenance manager at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall.
In June 2004, Hogberg was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. Doctors said his best chance for a complete recovery would be a bone-marrow transplant, but no one in Hogberg’s family was a match.
“I actually got on the registry because of a bone-marrow drive while I was a student at Liberty University. The main reason I did this was to honor my grandfather, and I did not want someone else’s grandfather to pass away.”Click Here for Full Story