Kylie Monica was born with terrible health problems and some very strange defects, and the doctors were not able to diagnose the disease, and her heart was failing rapidly, she might not survive for long…
Her doctor, Dr. Jeffery Lipton, worked hard and finally was able to identify her condition: she was suffering from Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA), an extremely rare condition that only affects about 20 to 50 children in the U.S. and Canada together.
Her parents, Joe and Heather, thought that after the diagnosis she can be cured, but it was not so easy. Monica needed a bone marrow transplant and that too from one of her siblings; sadly none of them was a match.
Monica’s parents were in a quandary, they actually wanted to have more children, but do they have an another baby in the hope that the child will be a match for the transplant?
The decision was made, and Heather got pregnant with Kylie’s little sister, Jordan.
And under these most incredible circumstances, miraculously the new arrival in to the family, Jordan was a perfect match, and the transplant was a success. Kylie made a miraculous recovery and her transformation was magical.
“If we were going to save our daughter, we needed to have our baby to match her,” says Kylie’s mother, in the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) video below.
“I am, who I am today because of her,” says her mother who wishes that one day her little daughter will know how much of an inspiration she had been to her many other people.
“Not many people get to meet their heroes,” her mother says. “But I got to give birth to mine.”
Kylie is now a healthy 11 year old and she wants to be a nurse, because nurses were her friends when she was in the hospital and she wants to be a Friend to people who sick in hospitals…
Joe and Heather have a blessed life with their flock of ten children and she is thankful to her little sister Jordan for saving her life.
“My sister, Jordan, gave me her blood so that I can live. I am very thankful to her, because she saved my life,” says adorable Kylie.
This lovely story indeed tells everyone of us to never lose hope, and stay strong and united in our difficult times!
See Kylie’s miraculous transformation, thanks to her baby sister, in the video below.
