Eugene Joseph owes his life to his little sister Mary, who at just 10, donated bone marrow to help her big brother.

Eugene's father Tim Joseph said Eugene became sick in spring of this year, and got worse going into the summer. Tim expressed his concern to the doctors, which led to a blood test in mid-June. Within hours, the Joseph family received a call stating they needed to bring Eugene to the hospital immediately.

It turned out Eugene had developed a condition called aplastic anemia, which happens when your bone marrow stops making enough new blood cells. This rare and serious condition leaves one tired, and more prone to infections and uncontrolled bleeding and can develop at any age.

"He had zero bone marrow," said Tim. "It's been a battle ever since."

Eugene had just turned 16.

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