| Livingston Native Donates Stem Cells to Save Florida Mother’s Life |
A 22-year-old Livingston native who donated stem cells to an anonymous Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patient said the intrusive procedure was worth it when she had the opportunity to meet the recipient, a 40-year-old South Florida mother, at the Gift of Life 5K recently held at South County Regional Park in Boca Raton, FL.
Zoe Miller, a Livingston High School Class of 2013 alumna and current graduate student at Tulane University, joined the Gift of Life marrow registry while on Birthright in Israel in 2014 by doing a simple cheek swab sponsored by the Adelson Family Foundation. At the time, Miller knew she would help if someone was in need, but said she nearly forgot about the cheek swab until she learned that her stem cells were a perfect match for someone two years later.
“Giving blood and all that kind of stuff really scares me, so when I found out that I was a potential match and had to go in for blood work, that really freaked me out,” said Miller. “But I went in—I think I actually fainted—and then they called me back to say I was a perfect match.”
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