Unconditional:
A little girl named
Liz 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 little 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
her.”
As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next
to his sister and smiled, as we all did,
seeing the color returning to her cheek. 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 little boy had misunderstood the
doctor;
he thought he was going to have to give his sister
all of his blood in order to save her.
................And he was willing to do that for
her.