Struthers woman meets donor who saved her life

STRUTHERS — Missy Ginnetti walked into a doctor’s office in 2010 convinced that a lump on her neck was just an infection. A quick dose of antibiotics would fix it, she thought.

She later discovered that she had stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer that attacks white blood cells, which help the body fight infections.

“I was definitely in shock,” Ginnetti said. “I was healthy. Never been sick.”

Since her late-stage diagnosis, Ginnetti has endured a litany of medical treatments including chemotherapy and two stem-cell transplants.

Recently, she’s been able to meet with Daniel Cox, a 21-year-old college student from Lanseville, Ind., who donated the bone marrow that made Ginnetti’s transplant in March 2014 possible.

“If it wasn’t for Daniel and Be the Match, I wouldn’t be here,” Ginnetti said.

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