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A life-saving story: Little Maddie's match
Posted: 12.17.2012 at 7:49 PM
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12-year-old Maddie and her "Be the Match" bone marrow donor Stephanie Pezzello.
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Maddie Tomasko is just one of the faces behind Michigan Blood's "Be the Match" program.

Cheryl and Steve Tomasko received a call on April 7th, 2011 while driving to Kentucky. It was an unforgettable phone call. The Tomaskos were told that their daughter, Maddie, had leukemia and needed to be admitted to the hospital immediately.

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