Chapter 10
--June 23, 1997 --9 PM
One month later, Amanda was rushed to the emergency room.
Blair and Tad waited in the emergency room waiting room. Amanda was brought in with a high fever, she also had some unexplained bruises.
Blair and Tad stood up as the doctor came out of the emergency room doors.
"How is she, Doctor?" Blair asked.
"Amanda is a very sick little girl." The Doctor said. "We ran some tests, she has Aplastic Anemia."
"What does that mean?" Tad asked.
"It means Amanda's bone marrow isn't producing enough blood cells." The doctor said. "She will need a bone marrow transplant."
"I'll give her mine." Tad said. "Where do I go?"
"It's not that simple." The doctor said. "You need to be tested and you have to be a perfect match."
"Where do I get tested then?" Tad asked.
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After being tested Blair and Tad waited in the waiting room for the results. A nurse came in with the results.
"Do you have the results?" Blair asked.
"Neither of you are a match." The nurse said. "Do you have any other friends or relatives who could come and get tested?"
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Twenty minutes later Jo, Natalie, Tootie, Mrs. G, Rick, Jeff, Snake, Annie, Tisha, Jamie and Kelsey had all been tested and none of them were a match.
"What happens now?" Blair asked.
"Is there anyone else that could be tested?" the nurse asked.
"I don't think so." Blair said.
"I think I might know someone." Jo said running out of the waiting room. "I'll be back soon."
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Jo entered a run down apartment building in a bad neighborhood. She found the apartment she was looking for and knocked on the door.
A woman in her late twenties answered the door. It was Amanda's birth mother, Jordan.