Peace Corp Member Finally Meets The Child His Bone Marrow Saved!

13-month-old Jaxson Slade was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Michael Menafee's bone marrow donation saved his life.

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On Jun 14, 2017

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Little Jaxson is now in remission, with only a small chance his cancer will return.

"You'd never know it to look at him now. He's a big ball of energy that doesn't stop."

Melissa Slade

Jaxson's Mother

Melissa Slade desperately wanted to meet the man who had helped save her son's life.

She asked the donor program in Indiana for her son's donor's contact information in 2016.

And she reached out to Menafee for the first time, telling him his marrow donation had helped her son beat leukemia.

When Menafee visited the family in Newfoundland over Easter, he promised to plan regular visits in the future.

"This isn't goodbye, it's see you later," he told the family.

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