Vancouver survivor of near-fatal shooting calls for more blood donors
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Paul Dragan, considered “clinically dead” after being shot by an ex-employee outside his Vancouver bike shop in 2014, says he ‘wouldn’t be alive right now if I didn’t get the blood from someone else.’ The gifts of strangers brought him back to life roughly eight years ago, and now, a …
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs life-saving blood. That need was never more evident than for Great Falls resident Troy Ross. Ross suffered from an autoimmune disease called pulmonary capillaritis, a rare lung disease, and needed nine pints of blood just to get airlifted to Seattle. Troy …
A MUM whose infant son needed a life-saving blood transfusion is backing an NHS drive to boost the number of donors. Teacher Steph Davis, 39, gave birth to her son Aiden at Winchester Hospital. Soon after the delivery, the newborn needed a life-saving blood transfusion. Alfie’s mother’s blood had crossed …
You may have seen a headline or two about the importance of blood donation and the recent blood shortages many in the United States are facing. So, what is a blood shortage? Faith Friesen, the blood bank supervisor at the LMH Health Laboratory, said to put it simply, it means …
The American Red Cross says they are teaming up with the family of a boy who was hospitalized with a rare immune disease. In 2017, Troy Ross, a then 2-year-old from Great Falls was diagnosed with a rare immune disease that required nearly three-quarters of his blood be replaced, according …
A Lakewood man is the third Vitalant blood donor in Colorado to have reached the 90-gallon mark. A dedicated blood donor since high school, Ned Habich celebrated the 90-gallon milestone at Vitalant’s Denver West donation center. Habich has made 720 total blood donations donations, dating back to 1963, when he …
A New Hampshire woman is sharing her story of survival after a serious car crash in an effort to encourage more people to donate blood. Two years ago, Kristen Pedersen was nearly killed in a car crash, but she said she’s alive today thanks to blood donations. On the evening …
In 1996, a deadly car crash sent Junie and her sister to The Ottawa Hospital’s Trauma Centre. The same crash killed their husbands. Today, Junie remains grateful for the specialized care she received, and after being a monthly donor for years, she’s now leaving a gift in her will to …
I had my son, Charlie, bang on his due date of the 3rd of January 2021, but after a normal delivery I failed to deliver the placenta. When the placenta did arrive, a 5cm piece had torn off and remained in my womb and it caused a major haemorrhage. I …
A suburban Chicago girl who received a kidney transplant is trying to show how much she appreciates the gift by giving back. In the fall of 2020, Lizzie Reyes, who was 14 at the time, was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that left her with end stage kidney disease. …