But, it wasn't done in a typical way. The bone marrow actually came from someone who lives half a world away.

Just last year, a simple game of catch was a struggle for Kevin Roesler. And it was all thanks to an unexpected diagnosis, several years prior.

Kevin Roesler says, "It was 1999. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. We went through nine months of treatments and I was supposed to go into radiation and they discovered that it had started growing again."

When his tumor finally started to shrink, Kevin had a stem cell transplant using his own stem cells.

He was cured, or so he and his family thought.

7 years later, the cancer was back, threatening Kevin's life once again.

Kevin Roesler says, "It was really tough on me at first. Everything was going good. I took my dad's business over and all of a sudden it was like a big weight dropped on me again."

With few options, doctors recommended another bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately for Kevin neither of his siblings were a match. So he says he began looking for matches through the national bone marrow program.

Kevin Roesler "The first one they contacted was a 100 percent match or ten for ten match.

Luther Middelfort Medical Cancer Specialist, Dan Burns, says at any given time, 6,000 people are waiting to try to find a match who could offer them bone marrow.

Doctor Burns says, "It's quite difficult. There are a large number of HLA types and if you don't have a match, you could have to sort through thousands of donors to find someone who matches you."

Luckily, Kevin's match came quickly. But, it was someone from another country.

Kevin Roesler says, "We kind of think she's from Austria. They don't let you know for 2 years or get in contact for 2 years."

Kevin got his bone marrow transplant on August 31st of last year. Doctors told him and his wife that he'd be in the hospital for 100 days to make sure everything was okay. But…

Kevin’s wife, Michele Roesler says, "We came home on September 25th. Not quite 30 days. Doctors were amazed by that.

Now, almost 5 months later, Kevin says he's been in touch with his donor and appreciates everything she's done.

Kevin Roesler says, "This person went out of her way to actually help somebody out. She's really glad she went thru with that part of it and now she has a twin."