Friday evening, a family from Alaska met, for the first time, with the Utah woman who saved their daughter's life — a story that started nearly four years ago.
It's Shawen Bueckers' senior year as a nursing student at Brigham Young University, and though she's accomplished a lot while there, it's a simple decision she made as a freshman that has made all the difference.
Their daughter Amelia went through several rounds of chemotherapy before doctors decided she needed a bone marrow transplant — Ryan and Rebecca were told they had weeks to find one before things turned for the worst. Originally, Amelia's older sister Lillian was a perfect match to be a donor. Then Amelia's cancer grew more severe and doctors advised Ryan and Rebecca to find a donor outside of their own family for added strength to the transplant's success.The day after Amelia's second birthday in 2021, she received Shawen's bone marrow.
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