A Tough Decision
The duo decided to adopt a child instead of having their own. They did not want to risk the potential of losing their child to a legal loophole, given the event that the bone marrow donor’s DNA transferred over to their kid. Although this is upsetting, this is the cost that they had to pay to keep Chris Long alive. Without the bone marrow transplant, there was a 100% chance that Long would have died of the Leukemia he was diagnosed with.
Fortune Favors the Good
Long’s life will forever be a case study after this event. Fortunately, doctors were able to latch onto his case before anything strange happened. If the man on the other side of the bone marrow donation had committed a crime that involved DNA evidence being taken, there would have been a high chance that Long would have had to deal with the repercussions all the way in America. As time has gone on, doctors have bee able to figure out why this particular occurrence happened, and how it is going to medically affect Long for the rest of his life…