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Stem-cell donor fights fires, too.(John Jensen donated stem cells to Brooke Williams)
Five years ago, John Jensen, while still in training at the New York City Fire Academy on Randalls Island, signed up to be a bone marrow donor. In September 2003, Jensen received a call from someone at the New York Blood Center, informing him that he was a match with a potential recipient suffering from acute leukemia.
Exhibiting the same courage that serves him in his risk-plagued career as a firefighter, Jensen readily agreed to fulfill his pledge. The patient who needed stem cells from his marrow was Brooke Williams, a 27-year-old mother and college student from the upstate New York town of Gouverneur. Anticipating death, Williams had already made funeral arrangements and was planning for her daughter's care after her departure. However, her outlook brightened dramatically when physicians informed her that a matching donor had been found.
Preparing to donate his marrow, Jensen had to undergo many medical procedures that tested his commitment. He took three weeks off work and was subjected to a series of blood tests and medical examinations, and received hormone injections to increase his stem-cell production. The injections produced symptoms similar to having the flu, but Jensen was undaunted.
"I didn't give it a second thought." Jensen told the Daily News (New York). "I just feel ...
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