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Catching up with Katie Trebing and family
Quick ReadTwo of the three Trebing children share a bond more special than most - a lifesaving bond forged three years ago in a hospital room.
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Katie Trebing, 7, sits with her mom at home in Nesconset. (April 4, 2010)
Three years after Katie Trebing's bone marrow surgery
The Match: The Katie Trebing story
The Trebing children - Calvin, Katie and Christopher - sat on the porch of their Nesconset home, looking like any other children slurping Coke floats and ice pops under an Easter Sunday sun.
But two of these siblings share a bond more special than most - a lifesaving bond forged three years ago in a hospital room.
Seven-year-old Katie was born with Diamond Blackfan anemia, a rare blood...
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