Cameron Lyle has always been active, he is in his senior year at the University of New Hampshire, and was a star on their track and field team. Then he got a call. He was the only match for a man suffering from leukemia, and he was desperate for bone marrow. Lyle decided right away to donate some, even if it meant an end to his career. He went through two hours of surgery, with eight cups of bone marrow being removed. He is not allowed to lift anything heavier then twenty pounds for a couple of weeks, which ends his career of being a thrower on the track and field team. When asked, he said that he would do it again in a heart beat. The identity of the person receiving the donations is private, but is said to be doing better, though it will take a few weeks to be certain of improvement.
I think that this is so brave and sweet of Cameron Lyle to do this. Even though it meant an end of his career, something he had been working on for years, he gave it up in a second to help somebody else out. It would take somebody really selfless like that to give up your life for a complete stranger. I hope that he knows that he made the right choice, and that the other person gets better quickly.
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