November is Marrow Donor Awareness Month: An Arizona Family is Grateful for Two Girls and Two Bone Marrow Transplants

COTA’s Lindsay Family  Sisters, Harper and Sawyer, Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients

November 3, 2025 — November is an important month to many transplant families across the country because it is National Marrow Donor Awareness Month — a time to acknowledge those who have donated bone marrow and stem cells to save others’ lives. November is also National Family Caregivers Month, which was established in 2014 to pay tribute to those caring for the health and well-being of family members, friends and neighbors. For the Lindsay family of Show Low, Arizona, both of these month-long, awareness-raising celebrations have had a significant impact on their two daughters’ transplant journeys to date.

Megan and Jeffrey Lindsay were blessed with the birth of their two little girls born two years apart.

Sawyer, their oldest, is now 10 years old and Harper has recently celebrated her eighth birthday. Megan and Jeffrey have faced significant health challenges with their ‘Lindsay Girls’ but are extremely grateful for the health care professionals, family and friends who have helped them navigate two expensive life-saving transplant journeys.

During this month brimming with gratitude, Mom Megan shares where this family has been and why today their hearts are filled with appreciation for selfless gifts.

“Our beautiful girls, Sawyer and Harper,

have faced the biggest challenges imaginable over the past several years. In 2022, both of our girls were diagnosed with DOCK8 Deficiency, a genetic immune disease. DOCK8 is a recessive gene mutation that causes the immune system to not function properly. We have been dealing with the symptoms of DOCK8 for the entirety of their lives. In the summer of 2022, we found a geneticist who took our concerns seriously and did genetic immune testing. We finally had a diagnosis that explained both of their symptoms and recurrent illnesses. Each child with DOCK8 presents the disease differently. Both girls have dealt with life-threatening food allergies from infancy, along with terrible eczema and more frequent illnesses than typical children.

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