A Cedar Rapids mom celebrated her daughter’s two-year anniversary of receiving a bone marrow transplant with a blood drive on Saturday.

The “ReBirthday Party” celebrated Alivia “Livy Rae” Colin’s second chance at life.

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center in Cedar Rapids hosted the event. That’s where Colin received some of her treatment.

Doctors diagnosed her with the rare immune system disease HLH Syndrome when she was eight months old. She had dozens of blood transfusions. The goal of the party was the raise awareness on HLH, and the importance of donating blood.

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