Bone marrow donor ‘would do it again’ after saving teen's life
KENT SIEVERS/THE WORLD-HERALD
Leukemia survivor Kobe Dicus, left, of Sioux City, Iowa, and his bone marrow donor, Nick Magyar, speak of the need for such donations on Sunday at the Nebraska Medical Center.
http://www.livewellnebraska.com/health/bone-marrow-donor-would-do-it-again-after-saving-teen/article_ad6bf4c4-f0ec-5d30-95f8-441bf7ca741c.html
Posted: Sunday, December 27, 2015 11:00 pm | Updated: 9:39 am, Mon Dec 28, 2015.
By Nancy Gaarder / World-Herald staff writer
Fourteen-year-old male.
Thats all Nick Magyar knew about the life he could save.
He didnt know the boys name Kobe Dicus or that Kobe loved gaming and had two little sisters and a newborn brother.
Against the odds, Magyar, a college student in New Hampshire, was a bone marrow match for the Sioux City, Iowa, teen who had cancer.
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