Thank yew!! That is wonderful!! I love these quotes:

Nine out of ten, that's good enough for folk music... Referring to donor matching.

None of Travers relatives were a close enough match to make the transplant work. But through a national registry of bone marrow donors, doctors found someone whose marrow matched Travers' marrow in
In April. Travers underwent the transplant. She does not know who donated the marrow. "Whoever she was, she did a good job,'' Travers said.

Cooper, of Danbury Hospital, said that even five years ago, Travers might not have been considered a candidate for a bone marrow transplant because of her age. But because of dramatic improvements in patient care and in the delivery of the marrow, age is much less of a factor today.

"Along with chronological age, you look as things like general health and will and enthusiasm,'' Cooper said. "But the techniques have improved tremendously.''

Travers also received intensive chemotherapy, treatment that leaves many patients drained and nauseous. But Travers — who wore a "Chemo Sabe" T-shirt at Sloan-Kettering — said the treatments didn't bother her much.

"I have good innards,'' Travers said. "That made a big difference.''