Julie Christen, a labor and delivery nurse for the last 28 years, witnesses life’s miracles almost every day.

“It never gets old to me — to see a brand new baby enter this world — every one is a miracle,” said Christen, a nurse at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins.

And now — as someone who’s fought off COVID-19 — she has another opportunity to assist others by donating her plasma in hopes of helping COVID patients.

Christen tested positive for COVID-19 a month ago, and she now has antibodies against the virus in the plasma component of her blood. That convalescent plasma, or CCP, is now being used to treat other patients with COVID-19.

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