{"205401":{"#nid":"205401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Public Policy Student Makes Life-saving Donation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen \u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Morgan\u003C\/strong\u003E took a break from his semester-long stint as a Georgia legislative aide to fly to Nashville earlier this year, he wasn\u2019t going for a vacation. He was going to save a life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMorgan, a student in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E who is currently interning at the Georgia State Senate, was informed in January that his bone marrow was a match for a 68-year-old Nashville woman with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He had been on the Be the Match bone marrow registry for more than four years. Chances of ever being selected are low.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI immediately made the decision to donate. It was never really an option not to,\u201d said Morgan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe sought the permission of his \u201cextremely supportive\u201d boss, a state senator, to leave work early a few days for testing. A few X-rays, a couple of shots (to boost his stem cell count), and one flight to Nashville later, Morgan made what he said was a surprisingly easy donation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was honestly one of the coolest experiences I\u2019ve ever had,\u201d said Morgan. \u201cIt really makes you stop and think about all the little things you do during the day and the impact that they might have on others.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMorgan will be able to connect with the recipient of his donation in one year, if the recipient so chooses. His internship is part of Georgia\u0027s Legislative Internship Program.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Morgan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;took a break from his semester-long stint as a Georgia legislative aide to fly to Nashville earlier this year, he wasn\u2019t going for a vacation. He was going to save a life.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27663","created_gmt":"2013-04-09 09:57:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:59","author":"Rebecca Rolfe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"205411":{"id":"205411","type":"image","title":"Aaron Morgan","body":null,"created":"1449179977","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:37","changed":"1475894861","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:41","alt":"Aaron Morgan","file":{"fid":"196712","name":"aaronmorgan_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aaronmorgan_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aaronmorgan_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28221,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/aaronmorgan_200x300_0.jpg?itok=0Hc-hjKQ"}}},"media_ids":["205411"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/marrow.org\/Home.aspx","title":"Be the Match Bone Marrow Registry"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-and-events\/story?id=180331","title":"SPP Student on State Legislative Aide Internship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"63601","name":"Aaron Morgan"},{"id":"12806","name":"bone marrow transplant"},{"id":"61731","name":"georgia legislative internship program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}