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Three-year-old Amelia Saunders loves to play with toy cars.
She laughs as she pushes them along the floor in the living room, with her parents Doug Saunders and Veronica Vardy looking on.
Without Canadian Blood Services and blood donors, she probably wouldn’t be here today.
Amelia has leukemia.
Since her diagnosis in July, she’s had 11 blood transfusions.
“It’s not just chemo that is going to cure my kid — people that gave blood are a part of the reason that she’s still here with me today,” says Vardy, her voice quavering.
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