My 16-year-old son died, leaving behind an $80,000 college fund. When my coworker Sarah\u2019s 14-year-old son, Daniel, desperately needed a transplant, I gave them the entire fund to save his life. My husband was furious and told me, \u201cYou betrayed our child.\u201d Our marriage ended, so I moved away and cut contact with everyone. Six years later, I was diagnosed with cancer and placed in hospice care. One day, a stranger walked into my room, looked at me with tears in his eyes, and said, \u201cMrs. Patterson? I\u2019m Daniel. Your old coworker Sarah\u2019s son. You saved my life when I was 14.\u201d He explained that his mother had tried for years to find me and repay the money, but my husband had told her I moved away and cut all contact. They eventually hired a private investigator, who took eight months to find me. Daniel handed me an envelope containing $80,000. \u201cMy mom saved this money for years,\u201d he said. \u201cShe died last year, but she made me promise I\u2019d find you.\u201d Then he showed me a photo of himself wearing a white medical coat. \u201cI\u2019m in my second year of medical school, specializing in cardiology. I\u2019m going to save kids like me, because someone believed I deserved a chance.\u201d At that moment, I realized the money I gave away hadn\u2019t been lost\u2014it had saved a life, and that life was now dedicated to saving others.READ MORE BELOW <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My 16-year-old son died, leaving behind an $80,000 college fund. When my coworker Sarah\u2019s 14-year-old son, Daniel, desperately needed a transplant, I gave them the entire fund… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"yoast_head":"\n