Bone marrow donor inspires me

Ellyn Ritterskamp:

I find inspiration for being healthy in all kinds of places. Yesterday, it came from a new source.

I teach practical ethics part-time at UNC Charlotte. One of my students said he might miss class at some point because he is in the final stage of becoming a bone marrow donor for a leukemia patient. I admired his sacrifice. As he described the process of testing and consent forms and health histories, something clicked for me.

I'm also on the list of bone marrow potential donors, and I need to get in better shape, in case they ever call. It would be terrible to be a genetic match, but not to be ready out of simple fitness.

Onward.