A Crystal Lake woman says she’s grateful for blood donations which not only saved her life, but also her son’s.

Cathy Cagle hopes sharing her story can save more lives.

When Cagle’s second son Mitchell was born, she was told he would have little to no chance of survival.

“When he was born, NICU was standing by just to make sure everything was OK and it wasn’t,” Cagle said.

Cagle said her son was unresponsive.

“He was blue, he was not breathing. I got to give him a little kiss on his head and he was whisked away. The doctor came in a few hours later and said, ‘I’m sorry to tell you but your baby is extremely sick and we think he’s going to die tonight,'” she said.

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