In 2018, Beth Seeley was in need of a stem cell donation to save her life. Last month, she flew to Germany to meet her donor.
SILVERTHORNE, Colo. — A Silverthorne woman flew thousands of miles to meet and thank her life-saving hero.
Beth Seeley was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2018. She had about a 10% chance to live and needed stem cells from a donor. "They came into my hospital room with ashen faces, yes, the look on their faces we knew this was not going to be a good news meeting and they gave us the word that the diagnosis was acute myeloid leukemia," Beth said."Basically, they said, if you want to survive, you need a bone marrow transplant."Jan had registered in the match's database and donated his stem cells to save Beth's life.
"They speak German and we speak English, so it will be a bit interesting," Beth said before her trip.With the help of Jan's wife Katrina and fellow volunteer firefighters, Beth and Rich rolled up to Jan's house in a fire truck to say thank you. "Katerina orchestrated the whole thing with the fire truck and the family was all there," Beth said."It was magic, and it was a surprise, Jan had no idea what this was all about."Beth said something else happened after the donation. Her blood type changed from O-negative to O-positive. Seeley says she's got an O-positive future now.9NEWS+ has multiple live daily shows including 9NEWS Mornings, Next with Kyle Clark and 9NEWS+ Daily, an original streaming program.
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