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\u201dI think I can help find your brother,\u201d Anne said.<\/p>\n

My friend had taken me by surprise. I gripped the phone tighter. \u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a search engine that publishes people\u2019s names, addresses and phone numbers online.\u201d<\/p>\n

I hung up the phone feeling conflicted. I knew I needed to stay realistic, but a part of me felt a glimmer of hope. My life depended on tracking down my brother.<\/p>\n

Four months earlier, I woke one morning with blinding back pain<\/a>. A quick Google search indicated a kidney infection. I went in for a checkup, thinking I\u2019d be prescribed antibiotics and be on my way. But 30 minutes into my appointment, my doctor was pointing out the bright spots on my chest X-ray, as big as hailstones.<\/p>\n

I had mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Considered incurable, MCL patients have an average life expectancy of five years.<\/p>\n

At the time of my diagnosis, I was Stage IV. My bone marrow was a cancerous mush. I had so little oxygen in my bloodstream that without emergency transfusions a heart attack was inevitable.<\/p>\n

The treatment began that day. After months of intensive inpatient chemo<\/a>, I was emaciated and bald, but\u2014against all odds\u2014in remission. The bad news? To prevent a recurrence, I needed a stem cell transplant. I had to have a donor who was a genetic match.<\/p>\n

According to my oncologist, each of my siblings had a 25-percent chance of being genetically compatible. I had two brothers who were willing to be donors, which raised the odds to 50-50. Neither brother, however, tested positive for a match. I hadn\u2019t told my oncologist about Johnny, my youngest brother. He and I hadn\u2019t spoken in years. When I finally mentioned him, she said, \u201cYou have to find him.\u201d<\/p>\n

An abusive mother and an alcoholic father<\/a> created a traumatizing childhood for all of us, but especially for Johnny. After high school, he moved out of our mother\u2019s Los Angeles home and headed for Huntington Beach, where he loved to surf. We communicated infrequently. Phone calls were strained. I was married with a daughter, a career and a house in Northern California. Meanwhile, Johnny supported himself doing odd jobs, growing psychedelic mushrooms and embracing the beach culture of Southern California. I encouraged him to find a job that did not carry the risk of prison. He believed I judged him unfairly. That was our last conversation, 30 years ago. After that call, he disappeared from my life. No one in my family had any idea where he was now.<\/p>\n

Could my friend\u2019s internet sleuthing do what my family couldn\u2019t? And did Johnny even want to be found?<\/p>\n

Anne knew all of this painful family history and was at my door the next morning to hand over some print-outs. I would be the one to make the calls.<\/p>\n

There were more than 40 addresses for a Johnny Schultz in Southern California, all with phone numbers that took up three pages. The sight of my brother\u2019s name listed over and over made my heart pound.<\/p>\n

The third page contained only one entry. There was no address, but the 707 area code for the Sonoma County region told me this one wasn\u2019t him. Sonoma County was not far from where I lived, beautiful in its own right, but with its rugged beaches and cold climate, it was an incompatible world for a beach boy like my brother.<\/p>\n

I sat down at the kitchen table with my work cut out for me. Trembling, I dialed the first number\u2026and the second\u2026and the rest, until I\u2019d called every phone number on the page. People answered: some kind, some brusque. No one had a sister named Susan. I left messages when a machine picked up.<\/p>\n

I did the same for every number on page two\u2014same results. If messages were returned, they weren\u2019t my Johnny. I had no way of knowing if my brother had heard a message I\u2019d left and just decided not to return the call. I didn\u2019t know if I should leave a second message for those who didn\u2019t call back. It was awkward enough when people answered, and I didn\u2019t want to harass strangers on voicemail. I appreciated my friend Anne wanting to follow every lead, but I went to bed thinking we\u2019d hit a dead end.<\/p>\n

The next day, I got up my courage and looked over the list again\u2014most of the names now confirmed to be a different Johnny. The lone number on the last page stared out at me from the whiteness. I dialed, just to be done with it. The phone rang and rang. No answer. Not even a machine. I had left no stone unturned and still had come up with nothing.<\/p>\n

Almost nothing<\/i>, I thought after I\u2019d gotten into bed that night. The endless ringing of that one last number seemed to hang in the air. I turned on my bedside lamp and picked up Anne\u2019s list, certain that my effort would be useless. I redialed the 707 number. Again, it rang and rang. No answer. No machine. I was just torturing myself. I hung up.<\/p>\n

Just one more time<\/i>, something told me. I redialed. The phone rang\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cHello?\u201d It had been three decades, but I recognized the voice with that one word. It was my Johnny.<\/p>\n

My brother was surprised to hear from me, but the conversation flowed easily as we caught up. He asked how in the world I\u2019d managed to get ahold of him. His 707 phone number had always been unlisted, he said, except for one recent week, when someone at the phone company had made a mistake. Anne must have done her research during the short time Johnny\u2019s number was erroneously listed.<\/p>\n

My palms were damp when I explained why I\u2019d called. I needed him to possibly save my life. Johnny didn\u2019t hesitate before agreeing to help.<\/p>\n

The hospital sent him a testing kit. My youngest brother was a match! His stem cells and the new immune system they created have kept me alive and well for the past 16 years.<\/p>\n

Johnny and I have reconnected on a deeper level too, something I never dreamed possible. It felt good to say I had three brothers again, and angels of every kind who never gave up on me.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For more angelic stories, subscribe to <\/em>Angels on Earth<\/strong><\/a> magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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