- [Woman] Ready, Jessica? - Oh my gosh, I guess so. I cry every time, like right now. It wasn't much, it was just my time. - One-fourth cup of her stem cells was all it took to cure my son. Every three weeks, I was
at the hospital with him for eight hours at a time,
getting blood transfusions. Every night, he would go to bed, and he would sleep with the pump on. 95% is great odds, but any
time you hear just a 5% chance you could lose your
son, it's pretty scary. He said to me, "Mama,
what if I died right now?" And I said, "Oh my gosh,
Nicholas don't ever say that." He said it again, he said, "But mama, what if I died right now?" And I said, "Well, you're not gonna die," I said, "but if you did,
you would go to heaven." And he looked at me and he said, "Do I have to use my pump and
go to the hospital in heaven?" And I said, "No buddy, you don't." And then he said to me, "Well
then, I wanna go to heaven." And I had to fight back the tears. And I said, "Buddy," I said, Mama's not ready for you
to go to heaven yet." He looked at me at three and
a half years old and said, "Well then, how about I go
and stay at the hospital, and those people heal me?" He basically said to me that night, "Mom, I wanna be cured or I wanna be in heaven." - [Woman] This is Jessica.
Meet Jessica, your donor. - Hey guys. - Hi, how are you? - So good! - It's so good to see you. - I love you! - I love you, too, bud. You are so cute, look how big you are. - How can I begin to thank someone for donating their stem cells to cure our then four-year-old son? A simple thank you doesn't seem adequate. It's hard to describe
the life-changing impact your selfless act has had
on our son and family. Nicholas is gonna grow
up to live a normal life. And I don't think that we
can never repay you enough. We thank you from the
bottom of our hearts, and we love you so much. - Thank you so much, thank you. - I love you guys, I
wish I could hug you all. - God bless you. - My stepdad had blood cancer, and we had actually met his
donor, who saved his life, a month prior to me getting the call. And it was just the most
incredible full circle thing. To have a beautiful stranger, you know, give him the gift of life and
our whole family, that gift, you know, to be able to give it to someone else, is just amazing. I can't wait to meet them in person. It feels like they're like my family. Like, I just feel like
I've known them forever. - [Catherina] Nicholas,
who's calling, go ahead. - Hey! Hi!
