After a year and a half bout with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), the most fatal strain of the blood disease, local hero Annmarie Shay now uses her story of perseverance through seemingly insurmountable odds to help others, while championing the importance of donating blood. Annmarie is 51 and married with
Just over a week ago, the blighted Rosemary Apartments in north Toledo finally came down. It was that vacant building, which stood at the corner of N. Detroit Ave. and Phillips Ave., where 16-year-old Joshua Sorrell fell five stories to his death while exploring the abandoned property with friends in
A 10-year-old survivor of the Uvalde school shooting and her parents got to thank another set of life-savers – her blood donors – on Saturday as South Texas Blood & Tissue marked the fifth anniversary of a lifesaving whole-blood donor program. Christina and Ruben Zamora have met and thanked everyone
It’s ‘Liquid Gold’: Young Blood-Transfusion Recipients Talk About Importance of Donors. Ella Martinez and Kamila Saradpon consider each other sisters. They both require routine blood transfusions and often go through hours-long appointments together Read Full Article
Three members of Autry Technology Center Health Occupation Students of America are competing in the HOSA state contest in community awareness. The three contestants are senior Karis Stewart, junior Jazlyn Aguilar and senior Madi Brandon. They all are in high school and attend Autry health occupations classes for half a
The American Red Cross held a blood drive Tuesday at the University of Findlay. The nonprofit usually experiences a blood shortage around the winter holiday season as fewer people tend to donate. The Red Cross says it provides about 40% of the nation’s blood supply. People who showed up Tuesday
