Today, Avery is a 3-year-old running through her family's home in the Mago Vista area of Arnold with the speed of a colt.
"I have toys," she said, showing off a spiky rubber ring on a plump pink finger.
The benefactor who saved her life - a young woman from Germany and a total stranger until recently - is equally bubbly. Jana Walter, 23, is a college student at the University of Wurzburg in Germany.
Three years ago, Walter was asked to donate her bone marrow to save Avery, even though the two live thousands of miles...
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