By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:21 EST, 10 September 2013 | UPDATED: 19:07 EST, 10 September 2013 ‘I prayed and prayed it would be me,’ said Jonathan Buchanan, 15, from Chandler, Arizona. He is reminiscing the day doctors tested him to see whether his bone marrow was compatible with that of his twin brothers, Jordan and Josh Buchanan, 16. The identical twins have sickle-cell anemia, a hereditary disease that affects the red blood cells, and have been suffering through a life of pain every day since they were born. Twin brothers Jordan and Josh Buchanan, left, were both born with sickle-cell anemia, a hereditary disease that affects red blood cells. Brother Jonathan, right, was not
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Jonathan Buchanan, 15, was the only sibling out of three who was the perfect match
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Twins Jordan and Josh Buchanan, 16, will be cured from the disease with the transplant
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Sickle-cell anemia is a hereditary disease that affects the red blood cells
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It causes a lot of pain as the cells cannot pass through the body properly
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Jonathan said he would give his bone marrow a million times over to save his brothers
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It can take up to 10 days for the body to accept the new bone marrow
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