A blood donation could save the life of a young mother like Laketa Hendrix, who experienced major complications during the birth of her first child.
“It was a traumatic experience,” she said.
Now, sitting on the couch of their Chicago home, Brandon and Laketa Hendrix are able to discuss the trauma of Ari’s 2019 birth.
“I ended up losing a lot of blood,” Laketa Hendrix said.
“I didn’t know, I was, like, kind of unaware of how dire the situation was across the room,” said Brandon Hendrix.
Watching his wife struggle, Brandon was forced to think of the worst.
“Man, I’m gonna gain a child and lose my wife,” he recalled thinking.
Laketa said that while the birth experience was rewarding it was also scary, and the only things that offered relief were blood transfusions and a bag of iron.
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