Great Falls High School soccer player Emma Pachek emboldens community to become donors
On June 5, Great Falls High soccer player Emma Pachek collapsed on the field due to what was seemingly increasing fatigue the past few weeks. A hematology report in Kalispell would reveal she had a rare blood disorder: aplastic anemia. From that point began many treatments in Denver, Colorado where
Mom survives complications during delivery thanks to 80-mile state patrol “blood run”
The last thing Jenapher Blair asked her doctor July 21 was if she was going to die. She was experiencing excessive bleeding due to birthing complications, and her Hutchinson, Minnesota, doctors didn’t have enough blood on hand. “Everything was going smoothly until it wasn’t,” Blair said during a Tuesday, Aug.
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Fire department holds 56th blood drive to benefit Cape Fear Valley Health
The Beaver Dam Volunteer Fire Department will hold its 56th blood drive for the Cape Fear Valley Blood Donor Center on Tuesday. For 16 years, the fire department has hosted drives for the blood center, according to Dianne Carter, a mobile recruitment coordinator for the blood center. The center, which
A life lost, helps save many with annual blood drive
Bertha Axtman continues to lead Williston’s Blood Drive, 51 years later
Williston’s blood drive is considered to be one of the most important drives for the state, providing a much-needed supply for cancer patients and area hospitals. Thanks to the work of its field general, 90-year-old Bertha Axtman, they’re able to bring in hundreds of donors during their two-day blood drives.
Birmingham mum pleas for ‘life-saving’ blood donations as city faces huge shortfall
A mum from Birmingham who suffers from a life-threatening disease has made a heartfelt for more blood donors from the Afro-Caribbean community as the city faces a huge shortfall. Shelley Falconer, 34, from Erdington, was diagnosed with sickle cell as a baby and receives six units of blood every four