Thursday, January 8, 2015

Tony's Blood Brother

We were just recently able to get in contact with Tony's Bone Marrow Donor. His name is Kevin Martens and he lives in Trittau, which is just outside of Hamburg, Germany. 

Kevin has told us that he was working on a school project when he signed up for the bone marrow donor registry (In German it is Deutsche KnochenmarkspƤnderdatei). He was contacted 4 weeks after  registering with a letter asking him to donate to Tony. He did so without question. This means so much to us. He truly saved Tony's life. We are so grateful to him and the wonderful person that he is. 


Kevin recently competed in the Final of an International Golf Tournament in Austria. Here is a picture of him playing golf. (He also enjoys soccer, just like Tony and he loved watching Germany win the world cup). 


Kevin has been applying to different universities and is considering being an orthopedist or an anesthetist. He has been thinking about flying out here to DC to see us sometime in the Spring or Summer. We are super excited about that. It will be really cool to actually meet him in person. 

Here is a picture of his parents at the Golf Tournament. 


We want to give a huge thanks to Kevin and the sacrifice he made for Tony. We would also like to ask everyone to pray for him to be able to get into Medical School as he continues his application process. 

2 comments:

  1. I am so happy and excited to know about Kevin, It would be nice, too, if he could travel to Utah to meet the rest of the family.

    I love you, Grandma Lewis

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  2. This was great to read. Braiden and I enjoyed it! What a great person.

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