An Ahwatukee toddler with a rare disease has become a poster child of sorts for an agency’s effort to get Valley residents to donate blood.

United Blood Services recently featured Adelyn Troutman’s plight in its ongoing campaign even as the little girl, who won’t turn 2 until November, encountered a new difficulty as she awaits a life-saving bone marrow transplant.

Addy suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Diamond-Blackfan anemia, which prohibits her body from making red blood cells.

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