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Brett Satovsky after his
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Rhonda and Steven.
Bone marrow donor hopes to save
the life of a stranger.
Jackie Headapohl
Managing Editor
I
t had been several years since
Brett Satovsky returned from his
Birthright trip to Israel. While
there, he had the chance to join the
worldwide bone marrow registry. He
barely remembers the cheek swab that
put his name on a list of potential life
savers.
Since that trip, Satovsky, now 25,
moved from the West Bloomfield
home he shared with parents, Rhonda
and Steven, to Hawaii, where he took
a job at the Starwood Sheraton Maui.
When his phone rang earlier this sum-
mer telling him he was a match for a
57-year-old man with leukemia, he
said he was "kind of in shock."
After all, according to Gift of Life,
one of the nation's public bone mar-
row, blood stem cell and umbilical
cord blood registries, there is only a 30
percent chance that a person in need
of a bone marrow transplant will find
a matching donor.
A patient's best chance of finding a
genetic match lies with those of similar
ethnic background. Unfortunately, the
worldwide registry is not representa-
tive of all ethnic groups, including
Jews. Gift of Life helps to add diversity
to the registry by encouraging Jews to
become donors.
He went to a lab in Maui for some
blood work to ensure he was a good
match. A few weeks later, Brett
received another call from Gift of
Life. The blood work had come out
great, and they wanted him to come
to the Karmanos Cancer Institute in
Michigan for another round of blood
work and a physical.
Brett already had planned on a trip
home to see his family for his birthday.
"While I was home, I set up a time
to go to Karmanos Cancer Institute,
which I did on July 17 — the day I
turned 25," Brett said.
"Brett is one in a million," said his
proud father. "He told me that the per-
son he was helping was a 57-year old
man. He said, 'He's your age, Dad. How
could I say no?' He is really making the
ultimate mitzvah, saving someone's life."
After the initial trip, Brett flew back
to Hawaii, only to make plans to fly
back to Michigan a few weeks later for
the bone marrow donation, which took
place Friday, Aug. 9, at Karmanos.
Although Gift of Life paid for his air-
fare, he had to use sick days to take the
time off work to make the trip.
"The procedure wasn't that bad,"
Brett said, shortly after he donated his
marrow. "It was shorter than I expect-
ed, and I should fully recover in about
a week. It was for a good cause."
He doesn't know much about the
man he's helping aside from his age.
Because of privacy concerns, he
doesn't know his name or where he
lives. "There's a good chance that he's
Jewish, though," Brad said, "since we
share so many markers."
Brett encourages others to join the
bone marrow registry. "It's nothing.
A cheek swab in Jerusalem that I had
completely forgotten about ended up
saving someone's life. The more people
who join, the more people's lives will
be saved."
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To become a potential donor,
giftoflifemichigan.org.
go to