A 21-year-old woman from Duxbury made a life-saving transplant inspired by her father who passed away from leukemia last year.

Sydney Philbrick is a recent bone marrow donor.

“It was a rare form of leukemia and so despite doctors at Dana Farber doing their best, he passed away seven months after diagnosis,” said Philbrick.

After her father’s passing, Philbrick registered with the Gift of Life Marrow Registry. She got a call last month that she was a 100 percent match for a patient in need of a transplant.

“When I first got the call I immediately got chills. I feel like it’s a sign from my dad and that he’s very happy and he would be proud of me,” she said.

Philbrick flew to Washington D.C. last week to donate blood and five cups of bone marrow to the 39-year-old patient.

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