On October 21, 1983, David Vetter received a bone marrow transplant from his older sister Katherine. Unfortunately, Katherine's marrow was not an exact match for David's.
David Phillip Vetter, the "Bubble Boy," left a deep mark on a world he visited only briefly. David's life contributed to scientific understandings and treatments of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), the disease that kept him in the bubble.
Read the telegram inviting application to WASP training, notification of acceptance into the WASP training program, required qualifications for acceptance into WASP program, letter from Walt Disney with a design for the WASP insignia, and notification from General Hap Arnold of the end of the WASP program.
