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 # Local Nurse Donates Stem Cells Twice to Help Elderly Man

 

##### by Caryn Eisert

 

 

 Jun 15, 2020 11:30 AM ET

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Three years after swabbing her cheek, Gloud received a call from DKMS that was she was a perfect match for a 74-year-old man who was suffering from blood cancer and needed a transplant to survive.

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