Sweet Story

I read this story and just thought it was sweet but sad.

There was an 8 year old boy who had a younger sister dying of Leukemia. He was told that without a blood transfusion she would die. His parents asked if they could test his blood to see if he was compatible with hers. He said sure. They tested and it was a match. Then they asked if he would give his sister a pint of his own blood, that it could be her only chance of living. He said he would have to think about it over night.

The next day he told his parents he was willing to donate the blood. They took him to the hospital; he was put on a gurney beside his 6 year old sister. Both were hooked up to IVs. A nurse took a pint of blood from the boy, which was given to his sister. The boy lay in silence as the blood that would save his sister dripped from the IV, until the doctor came over to see how he was doing. Then the boy opened his eyes and asked, "How soon until I start to die?"

Love is never so fully love as when it gives.